Any content you submit to Lyft — such as reviews, photos, or feedback — becomes licensed to Lyft, allowing them to use it without paying you.
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The clause establishes broad authorization for Lyft to exploit user-generated content across multiple applications and derivative uses without time limitation or ongoing royalty obligations. The perpetual and transferable nature means these rights persist indefinitely and can be assigned to third parties, including through acquisition or corporate restructuring.
Submitting reviews, ratings, or other content grants Lyft a broad, royalty-free licence to use that content globally for any business purpose. You retain ownership but give up control over how Lyft uses your submissions.
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"You grant to us a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, transferable, sub-licensable (through multiple tiers) right and license to exercise the copyright, publicity, and database rights you have in your Information, and to use, copy, perform, display and distribute such Information to prepare derivative works, or incorporate into other works, such Information, in any media now known or not currently known.— Excerpt from Lyft's Lyft Terms of Service
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The clause establishes broad authorization for Lyft to exploit user-generated content across multiple applications and derivative uses without time limitation or ongoing royalty obligations. The perpetual and transferable nature means these rights persist indefinitely and can be assigned to third parties, including through acquisition or corporate restructuring.
Submitting reviews, ratings, or other content grants Lyft a broad, royalty-free licence to use that content globally for any business purpose. You retain ownership but give up control over how Lyft uses your submissions.
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