How long do the terms say a platform's license to your content lasts?
Of the 15 platforms I read: perpetual or irrevocable, 8; limited in time, 5; no length stated, 1; not stated in the pages I read, 1. Each quote is the platform's exact wording, with a link to the page it came from.
Perpetual or irrevocable (8)
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The license you grant us is perpetual, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable, assignable, and transferable by us.
Source The license the creator grants over all their Content is stated to be perpetual, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable, assignable and transferable by the platform. -
you grant us a worldwide, perpetual, nonexclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable, transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, and perform your User Content
Source The creator keeps ownership but grants the platform a worldwide, perpetual, nonexclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable, transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, adapt, display and perform their content. -
You hereby grant us a perpetual, nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, transferable, sublicensable license to your Content
Source The creator grants the platform a perpetual, nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, transferable, sublicensable license to their Content for any act necessary to operate LoyalFans and related services. -
a fully paid, worldwide, irrevocable license to use and distribute such content through the Site
Source Publishers who upload or stream content grant the Site a fully paid, worldwide, irrevocable license to use and distribute it through the Site. -
UPLOADER grants MV a perpetual, unlimited, royalty-free, global, non-exclusive, irrevocable, and transferable license
Source The uploader grants the platform a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, transferable license to exploit the Content, stated to be solely for promotional or marketing purposes. The grant is limited in purpose, not in time. -
You hereby grant us a perpetual, nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, transferable, sublicensable license to your Content
Source The creator grants Clips4Sale a perpetual, nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, transferable, sublicensable license to operate the Platform and related services. -
You irrevocably grant us a world-wide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, non-cancellable, sub-licensable license
Source The creator irrevocably grants the company a world-wide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, non-cancellable, sub-licensable license to exploit the Content for any purpose.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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You grant Us a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable, and transferable license to use
Source By submitting content, the user grants the company a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable and transferable license to use it in connection with the Site, Services and the company's business. The Ad Revenue Agreement also grants perpetual rights in a creator's videos.I read the general terms and the Ad Revenue Agreement. I have not read the separate Creators' Program terms.
Limited in time (5)
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The licenses granted by you in this Agreement continue for a commercially reasonable period after you remove your Content from the Services
Source The licenses the user grants continue for a commercially reasonable period after the Content is removed or the agreement ends.Payout terms sit in a separate Artist Agreement, which I have not read.
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This license continues for as long as your content remains on the platform.
Source The Creator Agreement grants a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license that continues for as long as the content remains on the platform. -
This license will be worldwide and limited to the time that the Content Creator or User is registered on the Platform
Source Creators grant the platform a worldwide license over their content for publication, exploitation and promotion of the platform, limited to the time they are 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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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 grant is called perpetual, but the same paragraph says the license in videos ends within a commercially reasonable time after you remove them. The license in comments is perpetual and irrevocable. -
This license ends when your Submission is deleted from our systems
Source The creator grants a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sub-licenseable and transferable license over each Submission, and the terms say it ends when the Submission is deleted from the platform's systems.
No length stated (1)
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you hereby grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable and transferable license
Source The license to the platform has no stated length. For content used in published advertising, the terms say it is not revocable. Other members get an irrevocable license to content they acquire, and buyers of recordings a perpetual one.
Not stated (1)
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.
- FanCentro. The creator's license to the platform sits in a separate creator agreement I have not read.
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.