Skillshare Terms of Service

This is Skillshare's Terms of Service, which sets the rules for using Skillshare's online learning platform and the newly acquired Superpeer platform, covering everything from account creation to how your uploaded content can be used. The most important thing to know is that by uploading any content — including videos, projects, or comments — you grant Skillshare a permanent, royalty-free license to use that content in any media format worldwide, and if you are in the US, you agree to resolve disputes through binding arbitration rather than in court, waiving your right to join a class action lawsuit. If you want to preserve your right to sue Skillshare in court, you must opt out of arbitration within 30 days of creating your account by emailing legal@skillshare.com.

This document is Skillshare's Terms of Service (last revised September 4, 2024), governing use of both the Skillshare and Superpeer platforms following Skillshare's acquisition of Superpeer's main operating assets, with the legal basis being contractual agreement upon account creation or continued use. The most significant user obligations include compliance with Skillshare's content standards, grant of a broad royalty-free license to user-submitted content, and acceptance of mandatory binding arbitration with a class action waiver for US users. Notable deviations from industry standard include an unusually broad content license that permits Skillshare to use user-generated content 'throughout the universe in any media formats,' a 30-day opt-out window for arbitration that begins at account creation, and Skillshare's unilateral right to modify terms with continued use constituting acceptance. The document engages GDPR (for EU users), CCPA (for California residents), COPPA (minimum age 18 requirement), and FTC Act Section 5 consumer protection standards; material compliance considerations include the adequacy of consent mechanisms for the arbitration opt-out, the scope of the content license relative to GDPR data subject rights, and the application of these terms to Superpeer users who may not have originally consented to Skillshare's terms.