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The clause establishes Spotify's operational authority to use user-generated content across its service ecosystem without ongoing compensation or attribution obligations. The irrevocable and sublicensable nature of the license enables Spotify to incorporate such content into service operations and authorize third parties to use it without securing additional user consent.
Users who submit content to Spotify authorize the platform to use, modify, and sublicense that content in perpetuity without additional compensation and waive the right to be credited as the author or object to derivative uses. This applies to all user-submitted content including feedback, user-generated playlists, or other materials uploaded through the service.
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"you hereby grant to Spotify a non-exclusive, transferable, sublicensable, royalty-free, fully paid, irrevocable, worldwide license to reproduce, make available, perform and display, translate, modify, create derivative works from, distribute, and otherwise use any such User Content through any medium, whether alone or in combination with other Content or materials, in any manner and by any means, method or technology, whether now known or hereafter created, in connection with the Spotify Service. Where applicable and to the extent permitted under applicable law, you also agree to waive, and not to enforce, any 'moral rights' or equivalent rights, such as your right to be identified as the author of any User Content, including Feedback, and your right to object to derogatory treatment of such User Content.— Excerpt from Spotify's Spotify Terms and Conditions
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The clause establishes Spotify's operational authority to use user-generated content across its service ecosystem without ongoing compensation or attribution obligations. The irrevocable and sublicensable nature of the license enables Spotify to incorporate such content into service operations and authorize third parties to use it without securing additional user consent.
Users who submit content to Spotify authorize the platform to use, modify, and sublicense that content in perpetuity without additional compensation and waive the right to be credited as the author or object to derivative uses. This applies to all user-submitted content including feedback, user-generated playlists, or other materials uploaded through the service.
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