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This definitional clause establishes what constitutes user-generated content for purposes of subsequent license grants, usage rights, and data handling obligations specified elsewhere in the Terms of Service. The breadth of the definition determines which user submissions fall within the service's operational and licensing framework.
By using the service, users submit content falling within this definition to Yelp's platform. The provision establishes that ratings, reviews, photos, videos, profile data, and related contributions are classified as 'Your Content' subject to the terms governing use and licensing of such material.
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""Your Content" means Content that you submit or transmit to, through, or in connection with the Service, such as ratings, reviews, photos, videos, compliments, invitations, check-ins, votes, friending and following activity, direct messages, and information that you contribute to your User profile or suggest for a business page.— Excerpt from Yelp's Yelp Terms of Service
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This definitional clause establishes what constitutes user-generated content for purposes of subsequent license grants, usage rights, and data handling obligations specified elsewhere in the Terms of Service. The breadth of the definition determines which user submissions fall within the service's operational and licensing framework.
By using the service, users submit content falling within this definition to Yelp's platform. The provision establishes that ratings, reviews, photos, videos, profile data, and related contributions are classified as 'Your Content' subject to the terms governing use and licensing of such material.
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