Users grant X a worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable license to use, reproduce, adapt, modify, distribute, and display their content across all current and future media formats for any purpose, including sublicensing to third parties.
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The license is granted for 'any purpose' across 'any and all media or distribution methods now known or later developed,' including the right to sublicense. The EU version includes a limiting clause stating that if users have chosen to restrict content distribution to a restricted community, X will respect that choice, which the non-EU version does not include in equivalent terms.
⚠ Content posted to X will remain subject to the license terms as stated in the agreement for the duration of the content's presence on the platform
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Compare across platforms →"In choosing to submit, input, create, generate, post, or display Content on or through the Services, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish, transmit, display, upload, download, and distribute such Content, including anything referenced therein, in any and all media or distribution methods now known or later developed, for any purpose. For clarity, these rights include, for example, curating, transforming, and translating. This license authorizes us to make your Content available to the rest of the world and to let others do the same.Excerpt from X's Terms of Service
1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The content license interacts with GDPR (for EU/EFTA/UK users) regarding the lawful basis for processing personal data contained in user content, and with copyright law regarding the scope of rights granted.
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The license is granted for 'any purpose' across 'any and all media or distribution methods now known or later developed,' including the right to sublicense. The EU version includes a limiting clause stating that if users have chosen to restrict content distribution to a restricted community, X will respect that choice, which the non-EU version does not include in equivalent …
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