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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If you share ideas or creative feedback with Netflix, you have no ownership or compensation rights over how those ideas are used, even if Netflix creates content substantially similar to your submission.
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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You may give a Redfin Company Feedback. You hereby assign to the applicable Redfin Company all of your right, title, and interest in and to the Feedback. To the extent applicable law does not permit assignment of the Feedback, you hereby grant the Redfin Companies a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide...
"Content" means anything you or your Customers create or make available through the Service in connection with your Account, including your intellectual property (e.g. trademarks, trade names, service marks, and copyrighted works); the products or services you offer (e.g., courses, coaching, members...
By posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your Content you grant Kit, its affiliated companies and necessary sublicensees permission to use your Content in connection with the operation of their Internet businesses including, without limitation, the rights to: copy, distribute, trans...
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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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If you share ideas or creative feedback with Netflix, you have no ownership or compensation rights over how those ideas are used, even if Netflix creates content substantially similar to your submission.
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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