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User Content License Grant

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What it is

By submitting any content to the Ticketmaster or Live Nation Marketplace, users grant a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable license to use, reproduce, modify, distribute, and incorporate that content into advertisements and other works, and to pass those rights to third parties.

This analysis describes what Ticketmaster'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

ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

This provision establishes that user-submitted content, including photos, reviews, or other materials, may be used by Ticketmaster and Live Nation in advertising and distributed to third parties under sublicensed rights, with no time limitation and no compensation obligation. The scope of the license, including advertising incorporation and irrevocable third-party sublicensing, may require evaluation under GDPR consent requirements and California right-of-publicity statutes for affected user groups.

Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
3
Months Monitored
May 7, 2026
First Seen
Jul 9, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 1688 other provisions on other platforms.

Change history

modified Jul 21, 2026

Significantly expanded to include derivative works, incorporation into advertisements, archiving, reformatting, and explicit statement of transferability and assignability of rights, plus removal of exclusivity limitation.

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Consumer impact (what this means for users)

The agreement requires users who post content to the Marketplace to grant Ticketmaster and Live Nation a perpetual, irrevocable license to use that content in advertisements and share it with third parties at the company's sole discretion. This license survives account termination and applies to all media now or in the future.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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by posting, uploading, or submitting your User Content to the Marketplace, you grant us a license to access, store, transmit, use, reproduce, create derivative works of, distribute, publicly perform, display, reformat, incorporate into advertisements and other works, promote, archive, and modify your User Content in our sole discretion and for any purpose, in any and all media now or hereafter known. You agree that these rights and licenses are royalty-free, transferable, sub-licensable, assignable, perpetual, worldwide, and irrevocable, and include a right for us to make your User Content available to, and pass these rights along to, others with whom we have contractual relationships related to the operation of the Marketplace, and to otherwise permit access to or disclose your User Content to third parties, at our sole discretion.

Excerpt from Ticketmaster's Terms of Use

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Applicable agencies

  • Federal Trade Commission (ftc)
    Oversees unfair or deceptive business practices and can investigate companies that mislead consumers about data collection, sharing, or use.
    Who can file: Anyone affected by the company's practices (US or international)
    What you need: Your account details, a timeline of relevant events, and a description of the specific issue
    What to expect: Complaints inform FTC enforcement priorities and investigations but do not result in individual resolution or compensation
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Provision details

Document information
Document
Ticketmaster Terms of Use
Entity
Ticketmaster
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
July 9, 2026
Last verified
July 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-005218
Document ID
CA-D-00283
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
fbc85b53770e1bc78df4629d785b18d5973a816a7a67eaa8f125b74731f23b8b
Analysis generated
July 9, 2026 07:15 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Ticketmaster
Document: Ticketmaster Terms of Use
Record ID: CA-P-005218
Captured: 2026-07-09 07:15:51 UTC
SHA-256: fbc85b53770e1bc7…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/ticketmaster/ticketmaster-terms-of-use/provision/CA-P-005218/user-content-license-grant/
Accessed: Aug. 3, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
Severity
High
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Ticketmaster's User Content License Grant clause do?

This provision establishes that user-submitted content, including photos, reviews, or other materials, may be used by Ticketmaster and Live Nation in advertising and distributed to third parties under sublicensed rights, with no time limitation and no compensation obligation. The scope of the license, including advertising incorporation and irrevocable third-party sublicensing, may require evaluation under GDPR consent requirements and California right-of-publicity …

How does this clause affect you?

The agreement requires users who post content to the Marketplace to grant Ticketmaster and Live Nation a perpetual, irrevocable license to use that content in advertisements and share it with third parties at the company's sole discretion. This license survives account termination and applies to all media now or in the future.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 262 platforms. See the full comparison.

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