Anything you upload or share on RapidAPI can be used, copied, adapted, and distributed by RapidAPI worldwide, for free, and they can allow others to do the same.
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This license is broad and includes sublicensing rights, meaning RapidAPI could authorize third parties to use your submitted content, potentially including API documentation, code samples, or business data you upload to the platform.
The updated terms establish a new GenAI Features category available through the Service and specify the operational and liability framework governing their use. GenAI Features are provided on an 'as is, as available' basis with no warranties regarding accuracy, reliability, or fitness for any purpose. Under the revised terms, users assume sole responsibility for evaluating and verifying any outputs generated by GenAI Features before taking action based on them. Where chatbot functionality is included, the terms specify that chatbot responses are informational only, may be inaccurate or incomplete, and users must not submit personal data to chatbots. RapidAPI disclaims all liability for losses arising from reliance on GenAI or chatbot outputs.
View change record →Content you submit to RapidAPI, including API documentation, descriptions, or other materials, may be used, modified, and redistributed by RapidAPI and its sublicensees globally without additional compensation to you.
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we may closely review accounts that offer the following services, products, or content: Online trading, day trading tips, and stock market related content
Paid Subscribers can select whether Content is public or private.
If Your Content is prohibited under the laws of any jurisdiction where our Services are available, we may remove it even if it is not illegal in your location.
"By submitting, posting or displaying Content on or through the Services, you grant RapidAPI 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 distribution methods.Excerpt from RapidAPI's Terms of Use
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Broad content licensing clauses are common in platform agreements and are generally enforceable under US copyright law, provided the user actually owns the content being licensed.
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This license is broad and includes sublicensing rights, meaning RapidAPI could authorize third parties to use your submitted content, potentially including API documentation, code samples, or business data you upload to the platform.
Content you submit to RapidAPI, including API documentation, descriptions, or other materials, may be used, modified, and redistributed by RapidAPI and its sublicensees globally without additional compensation to you.
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