AutoRip gives a digital version of a qualifying CD or vinyl album bought from Amazon
Under the AutoRip program, when you buy a qualifying CD or vinyl album from Amazon, Amazon provides you a digital version of that album. The page points to the AutoRip Terms & Conditions applicable to you for more information.
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Under the AutoRip program, when you purchase a qualifying CD or vinyl album from Amazon, we provide you a digital version of that album.
Qualifications & exceptions
Only qualifying CD or vinyl albums bought from Amazon are covered.
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The AutoRip Terms & Conditions are not supplied, and the page does not say which albums qualify.
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
The license is for personal, non-commercial use only, with listed limits on sharing, reselling and transferring content
You may use the Services only for personal, non-commercial purposes. You may not use them to store, transfer or distribute content of or on behalf of third parties, to operate your own content application or service, or to resell any part of the Services. Amazon grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable right to use Purchased Music, Music Service Content and any additional Content it provides access to through the Services, only for personal, non-commercial purposes and subject to the Agreement. Beyond that, you may not redistribute, transmit, assign, sell, broadcast, rent, share, lend, repurpose, modify, adapt, edit, license or otherwise transfer, or use Purchased Music or Music Service Content.
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3.1 Rights Granted.
You may use the Services only for your personal, non-commercial purposes. You may not use the Services to store, transfer, or distribute content of or on behalf of third parties, to operate your own content application or service, or to resell any part of the Services.
We grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable right to use Purchased Music, Music Service Content, and any additional Content we provide you access to through the Services only for your personal, non-commercial purposes, subject to the Agreement.
Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, you may not redistribute, transmit, assign, sell, broadcast, rent, share, lend, repurpose, modify, adapt, edit, license or otherwise transfer, or use Purchased Music or Music Service Content.
Qualifications & exceptions
The right is non-exclusive and non-transferable and is limited to personal, non-commercial use.
The restrictions on redistribution and other uses apply to Purchased Music and Music Service Content as written; the list does not mention other Content.
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The page does not define "personal" use for a household or family plan.
Whether the restrictions in the last sentence also apply to other Content Amazon provides access to is not stated.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Amazon grants no commercial, public-use or AI-use rights in Content; a rightsholder may grant them separately
Amazon does not grant you any synchronization, public performance, public display, promotional use, commercial sale, resale, reproduction or distribution rights for any Content, or the right to use any Content in artificial intelligence technologies or services. The page adds that in each case the rightsholder of the Content, or an agent acting for them, may grant you a license for one or more of those purposes.
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We do not grant you any synchronization, public performance, public display, promotional use, commercial sale, resale, reproduction, or distribution rights for any Content, or the right to use any Content in artificial intelligence technologies or services.
In each case, the rightsholder(s) of the applicable Content or an agent acting on their behalf may grant you a license for one or more of the foregoing purposes.
Qualifications & exceptions
The exclusion covers "any Content", and the artificial intelligence exclusion names both technologies and services.
Only the rightsholder or its agent can grant these rights; the terms do not say Amazon will.
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The page does not define "use in artificial intelligence technologies or services" or say how to obtain a rightsholder license.
You are solely responsible for imported Content and User Content you submit, including lawful acquisition and malware
You are solely responsible for Content you import and for User Content you submit to the Services. This includes making sure it has been lawfully acquired and that it is free from malware, viruses, Trojan horses, spyware, worms or other malicious or harmful code.
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You are solely responsible for Content you import and User Content (defined below) you submit to the Services, including ensuring that it has been lawfully acquired and that it is free from any malware, viruses, Trojan horses, spyware, worms, or other malicious or harmful code.
Qualifications & exceptions
The responsibility is stated as "solely" yours and covers both imported Content and submitted User Content.
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The page does not say what happens if imported Content is later found to be unlawfully acquired or harmful.
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
You grant Amazon the permissions needed for cloud access to your Content, including backup copies and technical support
You expressly grant or transfer to Amazon all permissions and benefits needed to provide you cloud-based access to your Content for your personal, non-commercial use. The page lists two examples: enabling you to make personal, non-commercial copies of Content for backup purposes, and providing technical support.
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You expressly grant or transfer to us all permissions and benefits necessary to provide you cloud-based access to your Content for your personal, non-commercial use, including (i) enabling you to make personal, non-commercial copies of Content for backup purposes and (ii) providing technical support.
Qualifications & exceptions
The permission is tied to providing cloud-based access for your personal, non-commercial use; "including" introduces examples, not a complete list.
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The page does not say which of your Content this covers (for example imported Content) or exactly what permissions are involved beyond the two examples.
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
By submitting User Content you give Amazon a broad, irrevocable license; you keep ownership
"User Content" means content you submit to the Services, such as images, playlist names and descriptions, your user profile, name, image, text, comments and likes. If you submit User Content, you grant Amazon, to the fullest extent and for the maximum duration permitted by law, a nonexclusive, transferable, worldwide, royalty-free, fully-paid, irrevocable and fully-sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, perform, translate, make available, communicate to the public, transmit, edit, create derivative works from, distribute and display that User Content in any form or media now known or later developed. Your submission does not change who owns the User Content.
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3.4 User Content.
You may submit certain content (e.g., images, playlist names and descriptions, your user profile, name, image, text, comments, and likes) (collectively “User Content”) to the Services.
If you submit User Content, you grant us, to the fullest extent and for the maximum duration permitted by law, a nonexclusive, transferable, worldwide, royalty-free, fully-paid, irrevocable, and fully-sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, perform, translate, make available, communicate to the public, transmit, edit, create derivative works from, distribute, and display that User Content in any form or media now known or later developed or discovered.
Your submission of User Content does not alter the ownership of that User Content.
Qualifications & exceptions
The license is "to the fullest extent and for the maximum duration permitted by law", so its legal limits depend on applicable law.
The license is nonexclusive; ownership stays with you.
"Transferable" and "fully-sublicensable" mean Amazon can pass these rights to others.
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The page does not say whether the license ends if you delete the User Content, or whether sublicensees are limited in any way.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
You waive moral rights in User Content to the fullest extent permitted by law
You waive, and agree not to enforce, all moral rights or equivalent rights in the User Content you submit, to the fullest extent permitted by law.
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You waive and agree not to enforce, to the fullest extent permitted by law, all moral rights or equivalent rights in User Content you submit.
Qualifications & exceptions
The waiver applies only "to the fullest extent permitted by law".
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The page does not say which moral rights are meant or how they differ across locations.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
User Content must not be illegal, objectionable or infringing, and Amazon may remove or edit it
You may not submit User Content that is illegal, obscene, threatening, defamatory or otherwise objectionable or inappropriate; that injures or violates third-party rights such as privacy, publicity, copyright, trademark or other intellectual property rights; that requires Amazon to pay royalties or other fees to a third party; or that implies an association with or endorsement by a third party that has not authorized it. Amazon may remove or edit User Content.
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You may not submit User Content that (i) is illegal, obscene, threatening, defamatory, or otherwise contains any objectionable or inappropriate content, or (ii) injures or violates the rights of any third party, including privacy, publicity, copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property rights, or (iii) requires us to pay royalties or any other fees to any third party, or (iv) implies an association with or endorsement by any third party that has not authorized such association or endorsement.
We may remove or edit User Content.
Qualifications & exceptions
The four categories are alternatives: content that meets any one is prohibited.
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The page does not say whether Amazon will notify you before removing or editing User Content.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Amazon may add or remove Content, and may be unable to store or provide particular Content for legal reasons
From time to time Amazon may add Content to, or remove it from, the Store, Unlimited, Amazon Music Prime or Amazon Music (free with ads). The page also says there may be unusual circumstances where, for legal reasons, Amazon can no longer store or provide you access to particular Content. This qualifies the statement in section 1.5 that Amazon stores Purchased Music for you.
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From time to time, we may add Content to or remove it from the Store, Unlimited, Amazon Music Prime, or from Amazon Music (free with ads).
There may be unusual circumstances where due to legal reasons we may no longer be able to store or provide you access to particular Content.
Qualifications & exceptions
The legal-reasons statement is limited to "unusual circumstances" and to "particular Content".
Content can be removed from each of the four offerings listed, not only from the Store.
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The page does not say whether Purchased Music can be removed, whether notice is given, or whether any refund or replacement follows.
Intellectual property infringement claims follow Amazon's notice and procedure
Amazon says it respects the intellectual property of others. If you believe your intellectual property rights are being infringed, you are asked to follow its Notice and Procedure for Making Claims of Intellectual Property Infringement.
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Amazon respects the intellectual property of others. If you believe that your intellectual property rights are being infringed, please follow our
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The notice and procedure is on a linked page that is not supplied, so the steps are not stated here.
Content & IP Rights · Context
"Content" means digital recordings, artwork and related information; the Music Marketplace is the main website
The Services let you purchase and access digital versions of recordings, artwork and information relating to the recordings, and other content, which the page together calls "Content" and describes further below. The Amazon Music marketplace is described as your primary website for accessing the Services and is called the "Music Marketplace".
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The Amazon Music marketplace is your primary website for accessing the Services
The Services allow you to purchase and access digital versions of recordings, artwork and information relating to the recordings, and other content
Qualifications & exceptions
"Content" is defined broadly and includes "other content" beyond recordings and artwork.
The Music Marketplace is the "primary" website for access; the page does not say it is the only one.
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The page does not say what "other content" covers, and the later sections that use "Content", "Purchased Music" and "Music Service Content" give narrower meanings for particular offerings.