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As between you and OpenAI, and to the extent permitted by applicable law, you (a) retain your ownership rights in Input...
As between the Parties, Customer or its licensors retain all right, title and interest (including any and all Intellectual Property Rights) in and to the Customer Property and any modifications made thereto...
You retain all ownership rights in your Customer Content subject to any license or other rights granted herein.
"we retain ownership of our Minecraft intellectual property, which includes the game itself...and our Services, and derivatives of each.Excerpt from Minecraft's End User License Agreement
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The clause states: “we retain ownership of our Minecraft intellectual property, which includes the game itself...and our Services, and derivatives of each.”
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