“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...for any lawful purpose.”
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This license permits Skillshare to exploit user-submitted content commercially and to grant third parties the same rights through sublicensing, for any lawful purpose.
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Non-EU/UK Students who submit content to Skillshare grant Skillshare broad rights to use that content, including the ability to pass those rights to others.
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This license permits Skillshare to exploit user-submitted content commercially and to grant third parties the same rights through sublicensing, for any lawful purpose.
Non-EU/UK Students who submit content to Skillshare grant Skillshare broad rights to use that content, including the ability to pass those rights to others.
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