YouTube Paid Service Usage Rules

As described in the YouTube Paid Service Terms of Service, how you access or use different types of Paid Services on YouTube may vary. The usage rules applicable to each type of Paid Service are detailed below, and may change over time as we add new features, devices and content to our service. You may also visit the YouTube Help Center for more information.

• Usage rules differ by type of Paid Service and can change Legal Rights & Agreement Rules

Movies and Shows Rentals and Purchases

• General. Certain types of Paid Services allow you to purchase or rent individual Movies or TV shows made available by third parties. You may view rentals or purchases when online, with a broadband connection and logged onto your YouTube or Google account. You may also view certain rentals and purchases offline by downloading and viewing from a previously authorized device. Authorizing and deauthorizing a device requires you to be online. Due to restrictions from our content providers, purchased or rented content may not be available for purchase in all countries or outside of your home country.
• • Rentals and purchases are viewed online, or offline on an authorized device Content & IP Rights
  • Availability of rentals and purchases can depend on country Content & IP Rights
• Access on other Google Products. In some cases, you may also receive access to your rentals and purchases through another Google product (e.g. Google Play). Your use of your rentals and purchases from YouTube shall be governed by the YouTube usage rules, but these usage rules will govern your use on these Google products in addition to any usage rules applicable to the other Google products.
• • Access through other Google products adds their usage rules Content & IP Rights
• Rental Content. When you rent content, you may view such item of content an unlimited number of times during the period of time displayed at the time of your payment ("Viewing Period") and noted in your confirmation email. Pausing, stopping, or rewinding an item of rented content will not extend your applicable Viewing Period. Each item of rented content may have a different Viewing Period, so please review the Viewing Period before you complete your transaction. Rented content may only be viewed on one device at a time (either online or on an authorized offline device).
• • Rentals can be watched any number of times within a fixed Viewing Period Content & IP Rights
  • Rented content can be viewed on only one device at a time Content & IP Rights
• Purchased Content. When you purchase an item of content, your content will be stored in a digital locker and you may view it an unlimited number of times for during your Locker Period. The “Locker Period” will be for at least 5 years from the date of your purchase (subject to the restrictions described in the YouTube Paid Service Terms of Service). Each item of purchased content may have a different Locker Period and you agree to the Locker Period before you order it. Pausing, stopping, or rewinding purchased content will not extend the Locker Period. As noted in the YouTube Paid Service Terms of Service, if an item of purchased content becomes unavailable during the five year period from the purchase date, you may request a refund.
• • Purchased content is kept in a digital locker for at least 5 years Content & IP Rights
  • A refund may be requested if purchased content becomes unavailable within five years Charges & Financial Obligations

For purchased content:

• Purchased content allows one stream per item and three streams of different items Content & IP Rights
• Offline playback of purchases is capped at 5 devices with limits on swapping Content & IP Rights
• A device can be authorized for only 3 Google accounts Account & Service Control

• you may view one stream of each item at a time,
• • Purchased content allows one stream per item and three streams of different items Content & IP Rights
• you may view up to 3 streams of different items at a time,
• • Purchased content allows one stream per item and three streams of different items Content & IP Rights
• you may authorize up to 5 devices for offline playback of Locker Video Content at a time and to authorize additional devices, you must deauthorize one of those 5 devices,
• • Offline playback of purchases is capped at 5 devices with limits on swapping Content & IP Rights
• you may only authorize the same device three times in any 12 month period and de-authorize the same device twice in any 12 month period,
• • Offline playback of purchases is capped at 5 devices with limits on swapping Content & IP Rights
• you may only deauthorize a total of 2 devices for offline playback every 90 days, and
• • Offline playback of purchases is capped at 5 devices with limits on swapping Content & IP Rights
• you may only authorize 3 Google accounts on the same device.
• • A device can be authorized for only 3 Google accounts Account & Service Control

Stream and offline playback limitations for purchased content apply regardless of which Google product (e.g., Google Play Movies & TV or YouTube) you access the content from.

• Purchased-content limits apply on every Google product Content & IP Rights