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Broad User Content License

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What it is

When you upload content to Skillshare, you give Skillshare a broad, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, modify, and distribute that content across their platforms.

This analysis describes what Skillshare'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

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Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

The license grants the platform broad operational rights to incorporate user content across distribution channels and formats without exclusivity restrictions, enabling the service to feature content in marketing, educational contexts, and platform promotion without separate permission for each use.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Any content you upload — including videos, designs, or written materials — can be used by Skillshare for their business purposes, including promotion and distribution, without additional payment to you.

How other platforms handle this

Chegg Medium

you grant Chegg and our affiliates, licensees, distributors, agents, representatives and other entities or individuals authorized by Chegg, a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, unlimited, irrevocable, royalty-free, fully sublicensable (through multiple tiers) and fully transferable right to exerci...

Roblox Medium

you grant Roblox a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to host, use, copy, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, run, create derivative works of, distribute, communicate to the public, and publicly perform or display including on a through-to-the...

YouTube Ads High

By providing Content to the Service, you grant to YouTube a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable and transferable license to use that Content (including to reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works, display and perform it) in connection with the Service and YouTube's (and its ...

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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By submitting or posting Student Content on or through the Service, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive license (with the right to sublicense) to use, reproduce, distribute, access, view, crop, resize, copy, license, transmit, broadcast, and publicly perform and publicly display copies of your Student Content (including your name and image) in any form, medium, or technology, including all media or distribution methods, now known or later developed for any lawful purpose.

— Excerpt from Skillshare's Skillshare Terms of Service

ConductAtlas Analysis

Institutional analysis (Compliance & governance intelligence)

The content license grant is potentially unlimited in scope and sublicensable, raising intellectual property risk for Teachers who upload proprietary or commercially valuable content. Compliance teams advising creator-clients should flag scope of license and moral rights considerations in EU jurisdictions.

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Applicable agencies

  • FTC
    The FTC may assess whether the scope of content licensing is adequately disclosed to consumers at the point of account creation.
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Applicable regulations

FTC Act Section 5
United States Federal

Provision details

Document information
Document
Skillshare Terms of Service
Entity
Skillshare
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
March 20, 2026
Last verified
March 20, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-001284
Document ID
CA-D-00243
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
2e3b97a97afe14701a533e05d17b4dcfb5a3c9b6f2a790608f3af5440b607f17
Analysis generated
March 20, 2026 12:03 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Skillshare
Document: Skillshare Terms of Service
Record ID: CA-P-001284
Captured: 2026-03-20 12:03:44 UTC
SHA-256: 2e3b97a97afe1470…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/skillshare/skillshare-terms-of-service/broad-user-content-license/
Accessed: May 20, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Skillshare's Broad User Content License clause do?

The license grants the platform broad operational rights to incorporate user content across distribution channels and formats without exclusivity restrictions, enabling the service to feature content in marketing, educational contexts, and platform promotion without separate permission for each use.

How does this clause affect you?

Any content you upload — including videos, designs, or written materials — can be used by Skillshare for their business purposes, including promotion and distribution, without additional payment to you.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 10 platforms. See the full comparison.

Is ConductAtlas affiliated with Skillshare?

No. ConductAtlas is an independent monitoring service. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Skillshare.