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The clause establishes Shopify's operational authority to repurpose and redistribute user-generated content through its partner network without requiring additional compensation or per-instance consent. This authorization applies to all content submitted through the platform by default.
Users who submit content to Shopify authorize the company to use that content in multiple formats and distribute it to third-party partners. The provision applies to content posted to the services, regardless of whether the user later modifies or removes the content from their own storefront.
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"By submitting, posting or displaying Content on or through the Services, 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 distribution methods (now known or later developed). You agree that this license includes the right for Shopify to make your Content available to other companies, organizations or individuals who partner with Shopify for the syndication, broadcast, distribution or publication of such Content on other media and services.— Excerpt from Shopify's Shopify Terms of Service
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The clause establishes Shopify's operational authority to repurpose and redistribute user-generated content through its partner network without requiring additional compensation or per-instance consent. This authorization applies to all content submitted through the platform by default.
Users who submit content to Shopify authorize the company to use that content in multiple formats and distribute it to third-party partners. The provision applies to content posted to the services, regardless of whether the user later modifies or removes the content from their own storefront.
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