When you upload product photos, descriptions, videos, or other content to your Shopify store, you give Shopify a permanent, free license to use that content in their own marketing and business operations.
Merchants who invest in high-quality product photography, brand content, or original creative materials should be aware that Shopify acquires a perpetual, royalty-free license to exploit that content, which persists even after account termination given the 'irrevocable' nature of the grant.
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(1) REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: Implicates copyright law under 17 U.S.C. (US Copyright Act) — the license grant constitutes a contractual transfer of specific exploitation rights; EU Directive 2019/790 on copyright in the Digital Single Market; GDPR Art. 6 where Content includes personal data embedded in images or metadata; and FTC endorsement guidelines where merchant content is used in Shopify promotional materials without disclosure of the commercial relationship. (2)
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