When you share content publicly on TikTok, you grant every other TikTok user a permanent, worldwide, royalty-free license to copy, share, adapt, and incorporate your content into their own content. This license to other users cannot be revoked.
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This clause establishes the scope of content usage rights across the Platform by defining what activities other users are authorized to perform with posted content. The perpetual and irrevocable nature of the license means these rights persist indefinitely and cannot be revoked once content is shared under the specified settings.
This provision grants other TikTok users a perpetual, irrevocable license to reproduce, adapt, download, and incorporate your shared content into their own content, which persists even if you later delete the original content from your account.
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"Depending on your Platform usage, including your sharing activities and settings, you also grant to each user of the Platform a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual and irrevocable, worldwide license to use Your Content, including to access, reproduce (e.g. to copy), distribute, share, download, adapt or make derivative works (e.g. to include Your Content in their content), perform, and communicate Your Content to the public (e.g. to display it), in accordance with these Terms.— Excerpt from TikTok's TikTok Terms of Service
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages copyright law in that users are granting downstream licenses to an undefined population of other platform users. The scope of the adaptation right, including the right to make derivative works, may interact with applicable copyright law depending on the nature of the content and the user's jurisdiction. The FTC Act and applicable state consumer protection laws may be relevant to whether the scope of this user-to-user license grant is adequately disclosed. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The irrevocable nature of the user-to-user license creates a situation in which content cannot be fully retracted from the platform ecosystem once shared, which may create complications for content creators seeking to exercise copyright or takedown rights after the fact. JURISDICTION FLAGS: Content creators in jurisdictions with strong moral rights protections, including certain EU member states, may face tension between this irrevocable license and applicable author rights, though the US-specific terms apply to users with usual residence in the US. California-based creators should evaluate this provision in the context of their intellectual property strategies. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Brands and commercial entities using TikTok for content marketing should note that content they post is subject to this user-to-user license, which permits other users to adapt and incorporate that content into their own creations. This may affect brand control considerations and downstream rights management. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Compliance and legal teams advising content creators should flag that the perpetual and irrevocable nature of the user-to-user license means deletion of content from TikTok does not extinguish rights already granted to other users. Content posted by employees on corporate TikTok accounts may also be subject to this provision, warranting review in social media governance policies.
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This clause establishes the scope of content usage rights across the Platform by defining what activities other users are authorized to perform with posted content. The perpetual and irrevocable nature of the license means these rights persist indefinitely and cannot be revoked once content is shared under the specified settings.
This provision grants other TikTok users a perpetual, irrevocable license to reproduce, adapt, download, and incorporate your shared content into their own content, which persists even if you later delete the original content from your account.
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