Any content you create and upload to Roblox gives the company a permanent, free license to use, modify, share, and build on your content in any way related to running the platform.
This analysis describes what Roblox'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
The agreement grants Roblox a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, sublicensable license to user content, which means creators do not receive compensation when Roblox uses or sublicenses their uploaded content and cannot revoke this license after submission.
Interpretive note: The practical operation of the perpetual and irrevocable license may be limited by applicable law in certain jurisdictions, including EU member states with creator rights protections and GDPR erasure rights where content contains personal data.
The updated Terms of Use incorporate previously separate AI tool disclosures and advertising policies directly into the main user and creator agreement sections. The document now includes regional appendices addressing compliance requirements for the EU/EEA, UK, Australia, China, Japan, and Vietnam, which may apply different terms or restrictions based on your location. The restructuring removes the standalone change summary that previously explained these updates in plain language, relocating that information throughout the terms document itself.
View change record →Creators and users who upload content to Roblox grant Roblox broad rights to use, modify, and distribute that content without compensation and without an ability to revoke those rights, even after the user leaves the platform, subject to applicable law.
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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 User Content on or through the Services, you grant Roblox a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable, and transferable license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, and display such User Content in connection with operating and providing the Services. This license is perpetual and irrevocable to the extent permitted by applicable law.Excerpt from Roblox's Terms of Use
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The UGC license interacts with copyright law under the US Copyright Act; users retain underlying copyright ownership but grant a broad operational license.
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The agreement grants Roblox a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, sublicensable license to user content, which means creators do not receive compensation when Roblox uses or sublicenses their uploaded content and cannot revoke this license after submission.
Creators and users who upload content to Roblox grant Roblox broad rights to use, modify, and distribute that content without compensation and without an ability to revoke those rights, even after the user leaves the platform, subject to applicable law.
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