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Output Assignment Does Not Cover Other Users Output

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Twitch Medium

If this sharing functionality is turned on in your account settings, you grant each other Twitch user...a worldwide, irrevocable, fully sub-licenseable, nonexclusive, and royalty-free license to: (a) use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from...

YouTube Ads Medium

You also grant each other user of the Service a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to access your Content through the Service, and to use that Content...only as enabled by a feature of the Service.

Discord Medium

You may only use our trademarks (or other brand indicia) and copyrights as permitted in our Brand Guidelines or with our prior written permission. We retain all intellectual property rights in our content.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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Our assignment above does not extend to other users' output or any Third Party Output.

Excerpt from OpenAI's Terms of Use

Applicable regulations

DMCA
United States Federal

Provision details

Document information
Document
OpenAI Terms of Use
Entity
OpenAI
Date stated by the document
Jan. 1, 2026
As printed in OpenAI’s text (version CA-V-007346), not a ConductAtlas date.
Tracking information
First captured by ConductAtlas
March 7, 2026
Text quoted from version
CA-V-007346, captured Oct. 5, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-078699
Document ID
CA-D-000009
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Archived bytes SHA-256 (version CA-V-007346)
01c3b7047514580f0ab51670c70872c0998bed109144843b2a397d5c757ca918
Analysis generated
October 7, 2026 01:48 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Excerpt found verbatim in version CA-V-007346 (checked Oct. 5, 2026)
Citation Record
Entity: OpenAI
Document: OpenAI Terms of Use
Record ID: CA-P-078699
Version: CA-V-007346
Captured: 2026-10-05 23:42:50 UTC
SHA-256: 01c3b7047514580f…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/openai/openai-terms-of-use/provision/CA-P-078699/output-assignment-does-not-cover-other-users-output/
Accessed: Oct. 7, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
Severity
Medium
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What does OpenAI's Output Assignment Does Not Cover Other Users Output clause do?

The clause states: “Our assignment above does not extend to other users' output or any Third Party Output.”

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