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The license is perpetual, irrevocable, and worldwide, meaning Starbucks retains broad rights to use submitted content forever without paying the user, even if the user later deletes the content or stops using the Sites.
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Any content you submit grants Starbucks and its designees a permanent, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free right to use, sell, reproduce, modify, combine, translate, and distribute that content.
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"you grant Starbucks and its designees a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, fully-paid up and royalty free license to use, sell, reproduce, prepare derivative works, combine with other works, alter, translate, distribute copies...Excerpt from Starbucks's Terms of Use
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The license is perpetual, irrevocable, and worldwide, meaning Starbucks retains broad rights to use submitted content forever without paying the user, even if the user later deletes the content or stops using the Sites.
Any content you submit grants Starbucks and its designees a permanent, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free right to use, sell, reproduce, modify, combine, translate, and distribute that content.
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