“you hereby irrevocably grant us world-wide, perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty-free, assignable, sublicensable, transferable rights to use Your Content for any purpose”
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The license is irrevocable, perpetual, and covers any purpose, meaning users permanently lose the ability to restrict how Yelp uses content they submit.
Once you submit content to Yelp, you cannot revoke Yelp's right to use it, and Yelp may use it for any purpose indefinitely, including transferring or sublicensing those rights.
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"you hereby irrevocably grant us world-wide, perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty-free, assignable, sublicensable, transferable rights to use Your Content for any purposeExcerpt from Yelp's Terms of Service
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The license is irrevocable, perpetual, and covers any purpose, meaning users permanently lose the ability to restrict how Yelp uses content they submit.
Once you submit content to Yelp, you cannot revoke Yelp's right to use it, and Yelp may use it for any purpose indefinitely, including transferring or sublicensing those rights.
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