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Perpetual Royalty-Free License Over User Submissions

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Key Facts

What license does McDonald's receive to user submissions?
McDonald's receives a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, sublicense, modify, translate, prepare derivative works of, and publicly display user submissions.
Is the license McDonald's receives to user submissions exclusive?
McDonald's receives a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, sublicense, modify, translate, prepare derivative works of, and publicly display user submissions.
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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

The license is perpetual and irrevocable, meaning users cannot reclaim or restrict McDonald's use of submitted content after submission, and McDonald's pays no royalties.

Interpretive note: The excerpt appears to be truncated; additional licensed acts beyond 'publicly display' may be present in the full clause but are not quoted here.

Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
3
Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 2585 other provisions on other platforms.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Any content you submit grants McDonald's broad, permanent, and irrevocable rights to use and exploit that content without compensation to you.

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You grant McDonald's a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, sublicense to others, modify, translate, prepare derivative works of, publicly display...

Excerpt from McDonald's's Terms of Use

Provision details

Document information
Document
McDonald's Terms of Use
Entity
McDonald's
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 8, 2026
Last verified
July 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-050491
Document ID
CA-D-00626
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
29a5a7dffc5c60bf644d978dbbb1da6da79e53e1d412dbd448cb6dc5a8a16610
Analysis generated
May 8, 2026 00:00 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
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Citation Record
Entity: McDonald's
Document: McDonald's Terms of Use
Record ID: CA-P-050491
Captured: 2026-05-08 00:00:10 UTC
SHA-256: 29a5a7dffc5c60bf…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/mcdonalds/mcdonalds-terms-of-use/provision/CA-P-050491/perpetual-royalty-free-license-over-user-submissions/
Accessed: Aug. 18, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
Severity
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does McDonald's's Perpetual Royalty-Free License Over User Submissions clause do?

The license is perpetual and irrevocable, meaning users cannot reclaim or restrict McDonald's use of submitted content after submission, and McDonald's pays no royalties.

How does this clause affect you?

Any content you submit grants McDonald's broad, permanent, and irrevocable rights to use and exploit that content without compensation to you.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 256 platforms. See the full comparison.

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No. ConductAtlas is an independent monitoring service. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by McDonald's.