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Intellectual Property Ownership of User Content

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What it is

You keep ownership of content you create, but you permanently and irrevocably give Riot the right to use, copy, modify, and promote that content for free, anywhere in the world, without ever asking your permission again.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Players who share custom content or creative work through Riot's platforms grant Riot an irrevocable, royalty-free global license, meaning Riot can commercially exploit that content indefinitely without compensating the creator.

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Why it matters (compliance & risk perspective)

Any creative content — fan art, screenshots, video clips — that you share in Riot's services is licensed to Riot permanently and for free, including the right to use it in marketing without additional consent or compensation.

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Riot does not claim ownership of content you create and post in our games or Services, but you grant Riot a non-exclusive, sublicensable, irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display that content in connection with operating and promoting the Services.

Institutional analysis (Compliance & legal intelligence)

1) REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: This provision implicates the Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. §106) regarding scope of copyright license grants. EU Directive 2019/790 (Digital Single Market Copyright Directive, Art. 17) requires platforms to take reasonable measures to ensure content licensing is lawful. GDPR Art. 17 (right to erasure) creates a potential conflict — users may request deletion of personal data embedded in user-generated content, but the irrevocable license grant may conflict with full erasure. CCPA similarly provides deletion rights that may conflict with irrevocable license terms. 2)

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    FTC Act Section 5 applies to deceptive practices regarding the scope of IP rights users grant when sharing content on consumer platforms, particularly if material terms are not prominently disclosed.
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Riot Games Terms of Service
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Riot Games
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April 29, 2026
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April 28, 2026
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URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/riot-games/riot-games-terms-of-service/intellectual-property-ownership-of-user-content/
Accessed: May 2, 2026
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