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The breadth of permitted uses—including modification, derivative works, sublicensing, and worldwide distribution—means Medium can use user content extensively without paying royalties.
Users who post content permit Medium to reproduce, modify, adapt, translate, distribute, sublicense, and publicly display that content without compensation.
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