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The clause establishes a mechanism by which content shared on the Platform automatically grants other users broad usage rights, including derivative work creation, without compensation to the original creator. This operational framework applies based on the content's visibility settings rather than requiring separate authorization per user.
Users who share content on the Platform grant all other platform users expansive rights to that content, including the ability to modify, republish, and create derivative works from it. The scope of this license is determined by the original poster's sharing settings and usage patterns on the Platform.
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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
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The clause establishes a mechanism by which content shared on the Platform automatically grants other users broad usage rights, including derivative work creation, without compensation to the original creator. This operational framework applies based on the content's visibility settings rather than requiring separate authorization per user.
Users who share content on the Platform grant all other platform users expansive rights to that content, including the ability to modify, republish, and create derivative works from it. The scope of this license is determined by the original poster's sharing settings and usage patterns on the Platform.
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