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User Content License

Medium severity Uncommon · 27 of 325 platforms
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This analysis describes what Public.com's agreement states, permits, or reserves. It does not constitute a legal determination about enforceability. Regulatory applicability and practical outcomes may vary by jurisdiction, enforcement context, and individual circumstances. Read our methodology

ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

The clause permits Public to incorporate user content into service operations and business activities without additional compensation or separate licensing agreements, establishing the legal basis for content utilization across platform functions and marketing purposes.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Users authorize Public to use their posted content for service delivery, derivative works, and promotional purposes under a broad, transferable license upon submission. The authorization applies to content across the Service and Public's related business activities without requiring ongoing user approval for each use.

How other platforms handle this

Walmart Medium

By posting or submitting any content on or through the Services (including, without limitation, reviews, photographs, audio, video and other material), you grant Walmart a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, fully paid, unlimited, worldwide, sublicensable, transferable license to use, copy, perfor...

Grindr Medium

By submitting User Content through the Services, you grant Grindr a worldwide, transferable, sublicensable, royalty-free license to host, store, use, display, reproduce, modify, adapt, edit, publish, and distribute that User Content. This license is for the limited purpose of operating, developing, ...

Paramount+ Medium

By submitting, posting or displaying content on or through the Service, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish, transmit, display and distribute such content in any and all media or distrib...

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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By posting or submitting any content to the Service, you grant Public a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable, and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, and perform such content in connection with the Service and Public's business, including for promoting and redistributing part or all of the Service.

— Excerpt from Public.com's Public.com Terms of Service

Provision details

Document information
Document
Public.com Terms of Service
Entity
Public.com
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 10, 2026
Last verified
May 10, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-006472
Document ID
CA-D-00058
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
40ffbfa6a91d03da7d42cbdfe38895e1b6900c6bc2f5e1641e5eac51038a30b9
Analysis generated
May 10, 2026 22:14 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Public.com
Document: Public.com Terms of Service
Record ID: CA-P-006472
Captured: 2026-05-10 22:14:03 UTC
SHA-256: 40ffbfa6a91d03da…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/publiccom/publiccom-terms-of-service/user-content-license/
Accessed: May 20, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
Severity
Medium
Categories

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Public.com's User Content License clause do?

The clause permits Public to incorporate user content into service operations and business activities without additional compensation or separate licensing agreements, establishing the legal basis for content utilization across platform functions and marketing purposes.

How does this clause affect you?

Users authorize Public to use their posted content for service delivery, derivative works, and promotional purposes under a broad, transferable license upon submission. The authorization applies to content across the Service and Public's related business activities without requiring ongoing user approval for each use.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 27 platforms. See the full comparison.

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