When you post photos, reviews, or other content on StockX, you give StockX a free, permanent, worldwide license to use that content however it wants, including sharing it with other companies.
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Sellers who upload product photos or buyers who post reviews are granting StockX broad rights to use that content commercially without additional compensation, and this license extends to sublicensing to third parties.
The updated terms explicitly state that automated agents, bots, APIs, and AI-based tools accessing your account on your behalf are covered by the agreement, and you are responsible for all actions those tools take. Previously, the terms referenced electronic agents more generically. The revised language directly obligates account holders for automated activity, meaning if a buy-for-me agent, API, or bot violates platform rules through your account, you bear liability for that violation. The updated terms also remove country-specific overrides that previously applied in the UK, Italy, France, Germany, Japan, and South Korea, meaning the main terms now apply uniformly across those jurisdictions without regional exemptions.
View change record →Any photos, descriptions, or other content you upload to StockX can be used by StockX and its partners for commercial purposes without additional payment to you, under a license that covers all current and future media formats.
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Microsoft reserves the right to restrict the export of data that may compromise the security of the services or Microsoft's intellectual property.
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"By submitting, posting, or displaying any content on or through StockX, you grant StockX a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish, transmit, display, and distribute such content in any and all media or distribution methods now known or later developed.Excerpt from StockX's Terms of Use
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages intellectual property law, including copyright, and interacts with privacy regulations where user-generated content may include personally identifiable information.
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Sellers who upload product photos or buyers who post reviews are granting StockX broad rights to use that content commercially without additional compensation, and this license extends to sublicensing to third parties.
Any photos, descriptions, or other content you upload to StockX can be used by StockX and its partners for commercial purposes without additional payment to you, under a license that covers all current and future media formats.
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