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This provision establishes the scope of user rights to accessed content and defines the conditions under which Udemy may terminate that access. The revocation authority creates an operational mechanism allowing Udemy to disable content availability independent of individual user preferences or refund obligations.
This provision means that course purchases do not guarantee permanent access — Udemy can remove any course at any time, and your right to a refund after 30 days is not assured, creating a direct financial risk for learners investing in long-term course libraries.
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"Subject to these Terms, Udemy grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access and view the content for which you have paid all required fees, solely for your personal, non-commercial, educational purposes through the Service, in accordance with these Terms and any conditions or restrictions associated with particular content or features of the Service. All other uses are expressly prohibited. Udemy reserves the right to revoke any license to access and use content at any point in time in the event that we decide or are compelled to disable access to the content due to legal or policy reasons, for example, if the course you have purchased is no longer available due to copyright issues.— Excerpt from Udemy's Udemy Terms of Use
(1) REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: This provision engages consumer protection law under FTC Act Section 5 (unfair or deceptive acts regarding the nature of digital goods sold), EU Directive 2019/770 on digital content contracts (which requires that digital content conform to contract and provides statutory remedies for non-conformity), and the UK Consumer Rights Act 2015 Part 1 Chapter 3 (digital content rights). California Consumers Legal Remedies Act (CLRA) Civil Code §1770 prohibits misrepresenting the nature of goods sold. The FTC and EU national enforcement authorities have primary jurisdiction. (2)
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This provision establishes the scope of user rights to accessed content and defines the conditions under which Udemy may terminate that access. The revocation authority creates an operational mechanism allowing Udemy to disable content availability independent of individual user preferences or refund obligations.
This provision means that course purchases do not guarantee permanent access — Udemy can remove any course at any time, and your right to a refund after 30 days is not assured, creating a direct financial risk for learners investing in long-term course libraries.
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