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Intellectual Property and User Content License

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Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

This provision establishes the scope of Zoom's operational rights to user-generated content. The license grants Zoom authorization to process and modify content as necessary for service delivery and product improvement, while users maintain underlying intellectual property ownership.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Users retain ownership of their content while authorizing Zoom to use that content for service provision and improvement purposes. The license is non-exclusive, meaning users retain the right to use their content independently and grant licenses to other parties.

How other platforms handle this

Gusto Medium

By submitting, posting, or displaying content through the Services, you grant Gusto a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, and distribute such content solely for the purposes of providing and improving the Services.

Eventbrite Medium

By posting or submitting content to Eventbrite, you grant Eventbrite a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable, and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, and perform your content in connection with the services and Eventbrite's busine...

Fly.io Medium

By submitting, posting or displaying 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 and distribute such content in any and all media or distri...

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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You retain all right, title, and interest in and to Customer Content. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, you hereby grant Zoom a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, copy, transmit, stream, upload, perform, display, modify, create derivative works from, and distribute your Customer Content solely for the purposes of providing and improving the Services and as otherwise permitted by this Agreement and our Privacy Statement.

— Excerpt from Zoom's Zoom Terms of Service

Provision details

Document information
Document
Zoom Terms of Service
Entity
Zoom
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 8, 2026
Last verified
May 12, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-006361
Document ID
CA-D-00189
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
21a27e69b33eed7ffb6175989f86c534a375bc4dfff71ed74d4cab129fc6edea
Analysis generated
May 8, 2026 09:27 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Zoom
Document: Zoom Terms of Service
Record ID: CA-P-006361
Captured: 2026-05-08 09:27:32 UTC
SHA-256: 21a27e69b33eed7f…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/zoom/zoom-terms-of-service/intellectual-property-and-user-content-license/
Accessed: May 20, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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Medium
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Zoom's Intellectual Property and User Content License clause do?

This provision establishes the scope of Zoom's operational rights to user-generated content. The license grants Zoom authorization to process and modify content as necessary for service delivery and product improvement, while users maintain underlying intellectual property ownership.

How does this clause affect you?

Users retain ownership of their content while authorizing Zoom to use that content for service provision and improvement purposes. The license is non-exclusive, meaning users retain the right to use their content independently and grant licenses to other parties.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 5 platforms. See the full comparison.

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