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User Content License

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What it is

Users grant Redfin a worldwide, transferable, sublicensable, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, distribute, and publicly display user-submitted content, and the terms permit Redfin to share that content with affiliates, service providers, and subcontractors; modification is limited to formatting purposes only.

This analysis describes what Redfin'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)

This provision authorizes Redfin to share user-submitted content, including property information, listing information, and photos, with affiliates, service providers, and subcontractors for purposes that include delivering, developing, or improving the Services. The modification right is expressly limited to formatting, which is a narrower scope than many comparable content license provisions.

Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
3
Months Monitored
May 10, 2026
First Seen
May 22, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 646 other provisions on other platforms.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Under this clause, content submitted by users, including property information, listing information, and photos, may be reproduced, distributed, and publicly displayed by Redfin and shared with affiliates and subcontractors. The agreement also includes a waiver of moral rights and attribution claims with respect to submitted content.

How other platforms handle this

Perplexity AI Medium

By submitting, posting, or displaying content on or through the Services, you grant Perplexity 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...

DoorDash Medium

SECTION 8 OF THIS AGREEMENT CONTAINS PROVISIONS RELATING TO OUR USE OF CERTAIN USER CONTENT.

Lyft Medium

By submitting or posting content through the Lyft Platform, you grant Lyft a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, transferable, royalty-free license, with the right to sublicense, to use, copy, modify, create derivative works of, distribute, publicly display, publicly perform, and otherwise exploit in...

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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You grant to the Redfin Companies a worldwide, non-exclusive, transferable, sublicensable, fully paid-up, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, modify (for formatting purposes only), distribute, and perform and display publicly Your Content (excluding Feedback) in connection with provision of the Services to you or otherwise in connection with your permitted use of the Services. In addition to any of Your Content that is made available through the Services, we may share Your Content with our affiliates, service providers and/or subcontractors in order to deliver, develop, or improve the Services. You hereby irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any claims and assertions of moral rights or attribution with respect to Your Content.

— Excerpt from Redfin's Redfin Terms of Use

ConductAtlas Analysis

Institutional analysis (Compliance & governance intelligence)

(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: User content licensing provisions interact with copyright law regarding original works submitted by users, and may engage state privacy statutes where submitted content includes personally identifiable information, though the agreement expressly excludes PII from the definition of Your Content and routes it to the Privacy Notice. Photo submissions may implicate publicity rights under applicable state law. (2) GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The license is worldwide, sublicensable, and royalty-free, and covers public display and distribution. The sharing permission with affiliates, service providers, and subcontractors for purposes of developing or improving the Services is broad in operational scope, though the modification right is expressly limited to formatting. (3) JURISDICTION FLAGS: In jurisdictions recognizing non-waivable moral rights, the waiver of moral rights and attribution may have limited enforceability. Users submitting photographs or original creative content should note that the license covers public display and distribution. (4) CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Subcontractors and service providers receiving user content pursuant to this license should confirm their data handling and IP use practices align with the scope of the license granted to Redfin and any downstream obligations. (5) COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Legal teams should verify that the express limitation of modification rights to 'formatting purposes only' is operationally enforced, and assess whether the sharing of user content with affiliates and subcontractors for product development purposes is adequately disclosed to users at the point of content submission.

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Provision details

Document information
Document
Redfin Terms of Use
Entity
Redfin
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 21, 2026
Last verified
May 21, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-009014
Document ID
CA-D-00233
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
4b29ab313d1390f7aa62ead0e7ee395d0d289e1b4a4cde84efb1cc774e7d6173
Analysis generated
May 21, 2026 03:52 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Redfin
Document: Redfin Terms of Use
Record ID: CA-P-009014
Captured: 2026-05-21 03:52:18 UTC
SHA-256: 4b29ab313d1390f7…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/redfin/redfin-terms-of-use/user-content-license/
Accessed: July 4, 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 Redfin's User Content License clause do?

This provision authorizes Redfin to share user-submitted content, including property information, listing information, and photos, with affiliates, service providers, and subcontractors for purposes that include delivering, developing, or improving the Services. The modification right is expressly limited to formatting, which is a narrower scope than many comparable content license provisions.

How does this clause affect you?

Under this clause, content submitted by users, including property information, listing information, and photos, may be reproduced, distributed, and publicly displayed by Redfin and shared with affiliates and subcontractors. The agreement also includes a waiver of moral rights and attribution claims with respect to submitted content.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 31 platforms. See the full comparison.

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