What do the terms say happens to the license when you delete or leave?
Of the 15 platforms I read: continues, 4; ends after a period, 2; ends, 2; not stated in the pages I read, 7. Each quote is the platform's exact wording, with a link to the page it came from.
Continues (4)
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all rights granted to MV by UPLOADER during its tenure remain intact.
Source The rights granted to the platform stay in place after the terms end. -
This Content will remain available in the user’s account even if the Content Provider owning Content suspends and/or deletes the Content Provider profile
Source Content bought by fans through a Lifetime Subscription stays available to them even if the creator deletes the profile or Content; the license is also stated as irrevocable, perpetual and non-cancellable.Creators also sign a Content Provider Supplement Agreement, which I have not read. The terms say it covers the rights creators grant and their warranties; the public creator terms I read cover referral rewards, not earnings.
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We retain all licenses for Video Content previously uploaded by you
Source The Ad Revenue Agreement says the platform keeps all licenses when the agreement ends. It also says the platform may delete a creator's videos within up to 360 days of the agreement ending or of a deletion request. From the Ad Revenue Agreement; I read the version effective April 11, 2025.I read the general terms and the Ad Revenue Agreement. I have not read the separate Creators' Program terms.
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requesting deletion will not terminate the irrevocable license granted herein.
Source Requesting deletion does not end the irrevocable license that other Community Members hold over the content, and the license to the platform in content used in published advertising is stated as not revocable.
Ends after a period (2)
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continue for a commercially reasonable period after you remove your Content from the Services or after the termination of this Agreement.
Source The licenses granted by the user continue for a commercially reasonable period after removal of Content or termination.Payout terms sit in a separate Artist Agreement, which I have not read.
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licenses granted by you in video Content you submit to this Website terminate within a commercially reasonable time after you remove or delete your Content
Source The license in videos ends within a commercially reasonable time after you remove them. The site may keep server copies it does not display. The license in comments is perpetual and irrevocable. Deleted content may remain in archives.
Ends (2)
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limited to the time that the Content Creator or User is registered on the Platform and/or until the content in question is removed
Source The license to the platform lasts while the creator is registered and/or until the content is removed. For pay-per-view and message-sold content, the terms say the creator's assignment of rights to the buyer is made in perpetuity.Creators sign a separate Content Creator Agreement, which I have not read.
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This license ends when your Submission is deleted from our systems
Source The license over a Submission ends when the Submission is deleted from the platform's systems.
Not stated (7)
The pages I read for these platforms don't give a clear answer. Where they say something close, my note says what. Silence is not a promise either way, and it does not mean no rule applies: a platform can act under a general clause, or under an agreement that isn't on its public pages.
- OnlyFans. The license is called perpetual, but the terms do not say what happens to it when you delete content or close the account.
- Fansly. The license is called perpetual, but the terms do not say what happens to it when you delete content or close the account.
- LoyalFans. The license is called perpetual, but the terms do not say what happens to it when you delete content or close the account.
- JustForFans. Nothing on this in the pages I read.
- FanCentro. Deleted content may stay in archives 'subject to the licenses' in the terms, but the creator license sits in a separate creator agreement I have not read.
- Clips4Sale. The license is called perpetual, but the terms do not say what happens to it when you delete content or close the account.
- YourVids. The Creator Agreement says the license lasts while content remains on the platform. The Terms of Service add 'or as otherwise required', and list licensing of creator content among the provisions that survive account closure.
Not read
Stripchat. I could not read its terms page with the tools I used, so I left it out rather than guess.
NiteFlirt. I read only its rules page, not its user agreement, so I left it out rather than report silence.
The other questions
I'm not a lawyer. These pages record what the documents said the day I read them, so read the source before you act on any of it.