Any content you create or share on PlayStation — including videos, screenshots, and messages — can be used by PlayStation for any purpose, anywhere in the world, forever, without paying you.
Content creators who share game clips, screenshots, or other user-generated content on PlayStation platforms effectively grant PlayStation unlimited, permanent, royalty-free rights to exploit that content commercially.
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Compare across platforms →This broad license means PlayStation can use, modify, and profit from your creative content indefinitely without your ongoing consent or any compensation to you.
(1) REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: Implicates copyright law (17 U.S.C. §101 et seq.) as users retain copyright but grant a broad license; FTC Act Section 5 for potential unfair practices if the license scope is not adequately disclosed at the point of content submission; GDPR Art. 6 and Art. 9 (for EU users where UGC may contain personal data of third parties); and COPPA (16 C.F.R. Part 312) if minors generate and submit content. (2)
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