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The license grant establishes OpenSea's operational authority to process, display, and leverage user content across the platform's infrastructure and services without restriction on sublicensing or geographic scope. This authorization is essential for the platform's core function of hosting, indexing, and presenting NFTs and related content.
Users who submit or post content grant OpenSea broad permissions to use that content for platform operations, including public display and derivative works creation. Users retain ownership of their content while OpenSea gains the specified license rights needed to provide its services.
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The license grant establishes OpenSea's operational authority to process, display, and leverage user content across the platform's infrastructure and services without restriction on sublicensing or geographic scope. This authorization is essential for the platform's core function of hosting, indexing, and presenting NFTs and related content.
Users who submit or post content grant OpenSea broad permissions to use that content for platform operations, including public display and derivative works creation. Users retain ownership of their content while OpenSea gains the specified license rights needed to provide its services.
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