Any feedback, ideas, or suggestions you send to Netflix can be used by Netflix in any way, forever, without paying you or notifying you, and you waive any claim if Netflix uses something similar to what you submitted.
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This clause establishes Netflix's ownership rights over user-generated submissions and eliminates potential intellectual property disputes arising from user feedback or idea submissions. The provision applies to all communications sent through the service, including questionnaire responses and postings.
This provision means that any idea, suggestion, or creative concept you share with Netflix through any channel becomes available for Netflix's use worldwide and in perpetuity at no cost, with no obligation to credit or compensate you.
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We appreciate feedback, including ideas and suggestions for improvement or rating an Output in response to an Input ("Feedback"). If you rate an Output in response to an Input—for example, by using the thumbs up/thumbs down icon—we will store the related conversation as part of your Feedback. You ha...
If you provide Meta with any feedback or suggestions regarding the Llama Materials ('Feedback'), you hereby grant Meta a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide, fully paid-up license to use and incorporate such Feedback into the Llama Materials and Meta's other products and services.
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"Netflix is free to use any comments, information, ideas, concepts, reviews, or techniques or any other material contained in any communication you may send to us ("Feedback"), including responses to questionnaires or through postings to the Netflix service, including our websites and user interfaces, worldwide and in perpetuity without further compensation, notice, or permission. [...] Should you send any unsolicited materials or ideas, you do so with the understanding that no additional consideration of any sort will be provided to you, and you are waiving any claim against Netflix and its affiliates regarding the use of such materials and ideas, even if material or an idea is used that is substantially similar to the material or idea you sent.— Excerpt from Netflix's Netflix Account and Content Policies
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Broad feedback and idea submission waivers are common in consumer technology and media company terms and are generally enforceable in the US. However, intellectual property law in some jurisdictions may provide protections for original creative works that cannot be entirely contracted away. The FTC's guidance on deceptive practices could be implicated if feedback mechanisms create a false impression that submissions are treated confidentially or that contributors may receive compensation. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Low. The provision is standard in the streaming and technology industry. The perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free license for feedback is a commonly observed practice. The risk of a successful claim based on substantially similar content is generally low given the waiver language, though individual circumstances may vary. JURISDICTION FLAGS: Some jurisdictions outside the US may provide stronger creator rights that interact with perpetual feedback waivers, though this Terms version is US-specific. California's robust body of idea submission case law generally supports the enforceability of clear waiver provisions like this one. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Developers or creative partners submitting ideas to Netflix through informal channels (rather than formal development agreements) should be aware that this provision applies to those submissions and does not create a confidential evaluation relationship. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: The feedback waiver should be clearly disclosed in any survey, questionnaire, or feedback solicitation tool to ensure users are aware of the intellectual property implications before submitting ideas. Netflix's privacy and data teams should also confirm that feedback data handling practices are disclosed in the Privacy Statement.
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This clause establishes Netflix's ownership rights over user-generated submissions and eliminates potential intellectual property disputes arising from user feedback or idea submissions. The provision applies to all communications sent through the service, including questionnaire responses and postings.
This provision means that any idea, suggestion, or creative concept you share with Netflix through any channel becomes available for Netflix's use worldwide and in perpetuity at no cost, with no obligation to credit or compensate you.
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