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The license establishes Meta's operational authority to process, store, and repurpose user-generated content across its product ecosystem and to engage service providers in these functions. The transferability and sub-licensability of the license permit Meta to delegate these rights to other entities.
The updated terms establish a jurisdictional change for consumers. Previously, all disputes had to be resolved in California courts; now, if you are a consumer or if your country requires it, disputes must be resolved in courts within your home country under your home country's laws. For Meta's own claims against you, the agreement still requires disputes to proceed exclusively in California courts. The revised terms also now require Meta to notify you at least 30 days in advance before making changes to these Terms, and you will have the opportunity to review them before they take effect, unless changes are required by law.
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"Specifically, when you share, post, or upload content that is covered by intellectual property rights on or in connection with our Products, you grant us a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, and worldwide license to host, use, distribute, modify, run, copy, publicly perform or display, translate, and create derivative works of your content (consistent with your privacy and application settings). This means, for example, that if you share a photo on Facebook, you give us permission to store, copy, and share it with others (again, consistent with your settings) such as Meta Products or service providers that support those products and services.— Excerpt from Meta's Meta Terms of Service
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The license establishes Meta's operational authority to process, store, and repurpose user-generated content across its product ecosystem and to engage service providers in these functions. The transferability and sub-licensability of the license permit Meta to delegate these rights to other entities.
Users grant Meta broad usage rights to content posted on its platforms, including the ability to modify and create derivative works. The scope of these rights applies automatically upon content upload and persists according to the stated license terms unless privacy or application settings restrict distribution.
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