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User Content License Grant

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What it is

Any content you post on Peacock — such as reviews, comments, or videos — can be used by NBCUniversal for free, in any way, anywhere in the world, forever.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

If you post any content on Peacock, you grant NBCUniversal a permanent, royalty-free, sublicensable license to use it globally for any business purpose, including advertising, without further compensation to you.

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Why it matters (compliance & risk perspective)

This broad license means Peacock can use your submitted content in advertising, on other platforms, or in derivative works without paying you or asking for additional permission.

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By submitting, posting, or displaying any User Content on or through the Service, you grant NBCUniversal a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable, and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, and perform the User Content in connection with the Service and NBCUniversal's business, including for promoting and redistributing part or all of the Service in any media formats and through any media channels.

Institutional analysis (Compliance & legal intelligence)

(1) REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: User content license clauses are governed by U.S. copyright law (17 U.S.C. § 101 et seq.) and contract law. The FTC Act Section 5 may apply if the license grant is not adequately disclosed to users at the point of content submission. California Civil Code § 3344 (right of publicity) may be implicated if user content includes personal likenesses. GDPR Art. 6 and 7 are engaged for EU-resident users where processing of personal data within user content requires a lawful basis separate from the contractual license. (2)

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Applicable agencies

  • FTC
    The FTC has authority over inadequate disclosure of license terms that may constitute deceptive practices under FTC Act Section 5, particularly when user content is repurposed for commercial advertising without sufficient notice.
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Provision details

Document information
Document
Peacock Terms of Use
Entity
Peacock
Document last updated
April 29, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
April 28, 2026
Last verified
April 28, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-003819
Document ID
CA-D-00386
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How to Cite
ConductAtlas Policy Archive
Entity: Peacock | Document: Peacock Terms of Use | Record: CA-P-003819
Captured: 2026-04-28 06:33:15 UTC | SHA-256: 750c76a057fb5efe…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/peacock/peacock-terms-of-use/user-content-license-grant/
Accessed: May 2, 2026
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