When you upload any content to Skillshare, including videos, images, text, or code, you grant Skillshare a broad license to use that content, and you represent that you have the right to do so.
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
The scope of the user content license, including whether it is royalty-free, sublicensable, and survives account termination, materially affects what rights creators and teachers retain over their own work after uploading it to the platform.
Interpretive note: The full scope of the user content license, including duration, sublicensability, and post-termination survival, depends on the complete text of Section V, which was truncated in the document provided.
Teachers and students who upload content to Skillshare grant the platform rights to use that content; the breadth of that license, including sublicensability and duration, should be reviewed in the full Terms text as it directly affects intellectual property retained by content creators.
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"These Terms define "User Content" as any design, text, graphic, image, video, logo, button icon, software, audio file, computer code, digital product or other good, or other content that a user (including both Students and Teachers) posts, submits, transmits, uploads, offers for sale, or otherwise includes or makes available on and/or via the Service. You represent and warrant that you own all intellectual property rights in the User Content and/or have obtained all authorizations and rights, including permission from any copyright or trademark owner or releases from any models or other individuals appearing in any User Content, necessary for you to display, promote, offer for sale, and/or otherwise exploit the User Content through the Services, and to convey all rights granted under these Terms.— Excerpt from Skillshare's Skillshare Terms of Service
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: User content licensing provisions implicate copyright law under the US Copyright Act, as well as analogous frameworks in the EU, including the EU Digital Single Market Directive. Where user content includes personal data of third parties (such as images of individuals), GDPR and state privacy laws such as CCPA may apply. The FTC may also have oversight interest if the license terms are found to be materially misleading to creators about their retained rights. (2) GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The breadth of the user content license is a standard feature of platform agreements, but the specific scope of sublicensability, duration, and whether the license survives account deletion are material to creators and should be evaluated in the complete document. If the license is royalty-free and perpetual, creators who delete their accounts may find their content remains accessible to Skillshare under the terms of the license. (3) JURISDICTION FLAGS: EU creators may have moral rights protections under national copyright law that cannot be fully waived by contract, which may limit the practical scope of the license in those jurisdictions. California's Right of Publicity statute may be relevant where user content includes personal likenesses. (4) CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Enterprise customers who upload proprietary training content should assess whether the user content license creates an unintended transfer of rights to Skillshare that conflicts with their internal IP policies. Procurement teams should seek clarification on whether enterprise agreements include modified content license terms. (5) COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Legal teams should review the complete text of the user content license in Section V to assess the duration, sublicensability, and post-termination scope of rights granted to Skillshare. Any enterprise deployment involving proprietary content should include a review of whether the standard user content license terms are acceptable or require negotiation.
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The scope of the user content license, including whether it is royalty-free, sublicensable, and survives account termination, materially affects what rights creators and teachers retain over their own work after uploading it to the platform.
Teachers and students who upload content to Skillshare grant the platform rights to use that content; the breadth of that license, including sublicensability and duration, should be reviewed in the full Terms text as it directly affects intellectual property retained by content creators.
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