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This provision directly negates any expectation of compensation arising from the broad monetization license granted elsewhere in the Terms, confirming that Pinterest may profit from User Content without owing users a share.
Interpretive note: The excerpt is structured as item (i) of a multi-part provision; additional independent legal propositions in the same clause are not captured in the canonical claim because they are not quoted.
Users have no right to payment or revenue sharing from Pinterest's monetization of their content, regardless of how that content is used.
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"Nothing in these Terms: (i) entitles you to any payments or the right to share in any revenue from any monetization of User Content...Excerpt from Pinterest's Terms of Service
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This provision directly negates any expectation of compensation arising from the broad monetization license granted elsewhere in the Terms, confirming that Pinterest may profit from User Content without owing users a share.
Users have no right to payment or revenue sharing from Pinterest's monetization of their content, regardless of how that content is used.
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