Limited, revocable license to access services and mobile app
Reddit grants users a personal, non-transferable, non-exclusive, revocable, limited license to install and use legitimate mobile applications and access the Services.
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Reddit grants you a personal, non-transferable, non-exclusive, revocable, limited license to: (a) install and use a copy of our mobile application associated with the Services that is obtained from a legitimate marketplace on a mobile device owned or controlled by you; and (b) access and use the Services.
Service reuse restrictions have legal and contractual exceptions
Without written agreement, you cannot commercially exploit or reverse engineer the service or content except to the extent law makes that restriction impermissible. Access to build competing products also has an exception for permission in applicable Additional Terms.
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license, sell, transfer, assign, distribute, host, or otherwise commercially exploit the Services or Content;
modify, prepare derivative works of, disassemble, decompile, or reverse engineer any part of the Services or Content; or
access the Services or Content in order to build a similar or competitive website, product, or service, except as permitted under any Additional Terms
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
Content license includes syndication and AI training
You retain any ownership rights you have while granting Reddit a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, nonexclusive, transferable and sublicensable license. It covers content and associated name, username, voice or likeness in current and future media, including partner syndication and AI or machine-learning training.
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You retain any ownership rights you have in Your Content, but you grant Reddit the following license to use that Content:
When Your Content is created with or submitted to the Services, you grant us a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable, and sublicensable license to use, copy, modify, adapt, prepare derivative works of, distribute, store, perform, and display Your Content and any name, username, voice, or likeness provided in connection with Your Content in all media formats and channels now known or later developed anywhere in the world.
For example, this license includes the right to use Your Content to train AI and machine learning models, as further described in our [Public Content Policy]
You also agree that we may remove metadata associated with Your Content, and you irrevocably waive any claims and assertions of moral rights or attribution with respect to Your Content.
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
Royalty-free use of voluntary user feedback and suggestions
Any ideas, feedback, or suggestions provided by users about Reddit are entirely voluntary and may be used by Reddit without compensation or obligation.
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Any ideas, suggestions, and feedback about Reddit or our Services that you provide to us are entirely voluntary, and you agree that Reddit may use such ideas, suggestions, and feedback without compensation or obligation to you.
Qualifications & exceptions
Voluntary feedback
No compensation or obligation owed
data: content · purpose: service_operation · purpose: research
Data access restrictions cover automated and manual collection
Access, search and collection require permission in these terms or another agreement. Crawling is conditionally allowed within robots.txt parameters; scraping needs prior written consent.
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Access, search, or collect data from the Services by any means (automated or otherwise) except as permitted in these Terms or in a separate agreement with Reddit (we conditionally grant permission to crawl the Services in accordance with the parameters set forth in our robots.txt file, but scraping the Services without Reddit’s prior written consent is prohibited); or
Content & IP Rights · Procedure
Copyright and trademark takedowns, designated agent, and repeat infringer termination
Reddit terminates repeat copyright infringers in appropriate circumstances and maintains a designated agent and forms for DMCA notices, warning that knowing misrepresentation of infringement exposes claimants to liability.
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We have a [policy](https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/sections/360008810152) that includes the removal of any infringing material from the Services and for the termination, in appropriate circumstances, of users of our Services who are repeat infringers.
Also, please note that if you knowingly misrepresent that any activity or material on our Services is infringing, you may be liable to Reddit for certain costs and damages.
Qualifications & exceptions
Repeat infringer termination policy
Knowing misrepresentation exposes claimant to liability
Reddit notifies users of removal after copyright or trademark notices. For a copyright notice involving mistake or misidentification, users can submit a counter-notice through the form or designated agent; the clause does not extend that process to every trademark removal.
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If we remove Your Content in response to a copyright or trademark notice, we will notify you. If you believe Your Content was wrongly removed due to a mistake or misidentification in a copyright notice, you can send a counter notification via our [Copyright Counter Notice Form]
Content & IP Rights · Company commitment
Platform materials remain Reddit’s or its licensors’ property
Downloads and paid purchases do not transfer ownership of platform materials. Those belong to Reddit or third-party licensors, and use needs express authorization subject to brand guidelines.
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The Services are owned and operated by Reddit. The visual interfaces, graphics, design, compilation, information, data, computer code, products, services, trademarks, and all other elements of the Services (“Materials”) provided by Reddit are protected by intellectual property and other laws.
You acknowledge and agree that you shall not acquire any ownership rights whatsoever by downloading Materials or by purchasing Paid Services.
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
Metadata and attribution rights are waived
The content clause allows Reddit to remove associated metadata and includes an irrevocable waiver of moral-rights and attribution claims.
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You also agree that we may remove metadata associated with Your Content, and you irrevocably waive any claims and assertions of moral rights or attribution with respect to Your Content.