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Royalty-Free Work-for-Hire Single Client Distribution

Medium severity Explicit document language Common · 124 of 352 platforms
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the license granted to you in Virtual Items will terminate in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, on the earlier of when Tinder ceases providing our Services, or your account is otherwise closed or terminated.

Netflix Medium

all subscription plans may contain limited commercial content, such as branded content or sponsorship messaging, promotions for Netflix content or information about other Netflix products or services.

Bumble Medium

Your ability to use Virtual Items you have access to in this manner may terminate at the end of each of your subscription periods and your access to Virtual Items may not "roll over" or accumulate through additional subscription periods.

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To a single client who hired you to develop a Product specifically for their private use on a work-for-hire basis subject to a written agreement that either (i) recognizes the client as the author...

Excerpt from Unreal Engine's EULA

Applicable regulations

FTC Act Section 5
United States Federal

Provision details

Document information
Document
Unreal Engine EULA
Entity
Unreal Engine
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 8, 2026
Last verified
May 10, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-059454
Document ID
CA-D-00751
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
2c28073bfe165d443fa38a6641837648ca3a0b47f6d869cb168805f5e7b2d8d7
Analysis generated
May 8, 2026 07:35 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
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Citation Record
Entity: Unreal Engine
Document: Unreal Engine EULA
Record ID: CA-P-059454
Captured: 2026-05-08 07:35:49 UTC
SHA-256: 2c28073bfe165d44…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/unreal-engine/unreal-engine-eula/provision/CA-P-059454/royalty-free-work-for-hire-single-client-distribution/
Accessed: Aug. 2, 2026
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Unreal Engine's Royalty-Free Work-for-Hire Single Client Distribution clause do?

The clause states: “To a single client who hired you to develop a Product specifically for their private use on a work-for-hire basis subject to a written agreement that either (i) recognizes the client as the author...”

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 124 platforms. See the full comparison.

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