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Microsoft acquires broad intellectual property rights over user content at no cost, enabling it to use that content across the Services globally without compensating the user.
Interpretive note: The phrase 'for example' before the list of permitted uses indicates the enumerated activities are illustrative, not exhaustive. The full scope of the license may be broader than the examples suggest, but no further specification appears in the excerpt.
Content you provide to Microsoft's Services is subject to a worldwide, royalty-free license that allows Microsoft to copy, retain, transmit, reformat, display, and distribute it on the Services.
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Mixpanel shall grant to Customer a worldwide, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sub-licensable license to use the Mixpanel Materials for Customer's internal business purposes during the Subscription Term.
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"you grant to Microsoft a worldwide and royalty-free intellectual property license to use Your Content, for example, to make copies of, retain, transmit, reformat, display, and distribute via communication tools Your Content on the Services.— Excerpt from Microsoft's Microsoft Services Agreement (Legacy)
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Microsoft acquires broad intellectual property rights over user content at no cost, enabling it to use that content across the Services globally without compensating the user.
Content you provide to Microsoft's Services is subject to a worldwide, royalty-free license that allows Microsoft to copy, retain, transmit, reformat, display, and distribute it on the Services.
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