If Peacock authorizes a user to create content derived from Peacock's own content, such as fan-created material using Peacock characters, the user assigns all worldwide rights in that derivative work to Peacock for the full copyright term. If the assignment is unenforceable, the user's license to create the derivative work is automatically void.
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This provision establishes that any user-created derivative work authorized by Peacock, including fan content based on Peacock characters or other owned elements, is subject to a full assignment of copyright to Peacock for the life of the copyright, and the enforceability of the creation license is conditioned on the validity of the assignment.
Interpretive note: The formal validity of a copyright assignment embedded in terms of service, rather than in a separate signed instrument, is subject to legal interpretation under the Copyright Act and may vary based on how courts apply the written instrument requirement in this context.
Under this clause, users who create content based on or derived from Peacock-owned material, where Peacock has authorized such creation, assign all worldwide copyright in the resulting work to Peacock for the duration of the copyright term, without compensation. If applicable law renders the assignment invalid, the authorization to create the derivative work is also void under the terms.
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Compare across platforms →"To the extent we authorize you to create, Upload, publicly display, or publicly perform User-Generated Content that is derived from our Content, we grant you a non-exclusive license to create a derivative work using the specifically referenced Content, and you assign to us of all rights worldwide in the work you create for the duration of copyright in the User-Generated Content in any manner and any media now known or hereafter developed, including for use on third-party sites and platforms. If such assignment is invalid, your license to create derivative works using our Content is null and void.Excerpt from Peacock's Terms of Use
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This provision establishes that any user-created derivative work authorized by Peacock, including fan content based on Peacock characters or other owned elements, is subject to a full assignment of copyright to Peacock for the life of the copyright, and the enforceability of the creation license is conditioned on the validity of the assignment.
Under this clause, users who create content based on or derived from Peacock-owned material, where Peacock has authorized such creation, assign all worldwide copyright in the resulting work to Peacock for the duration of the copyright term, without compensation. If applicable law renders the assignment invalid, the authorization to create the derivative work is also void under the terms.
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