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Posting content grants Twitch a worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual, royalty-free license to use, edit, and monetize your content, name, likeness, and voice, and copies can survive account deletion.

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6Modification of these Terms of Service1 clause

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Changes by continued use

📝Can change terms anytime

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💬 Twitch can change the terms at any time just by posting an update. If you keep using Twitch after the change, you're automatically bound by the new terms, even if you never read them. EU/EEA/UK/CH consumers get advance notice, but most users do not.

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“Twitch may amend any of the terms of these Terms of Service by posting the amended terms and updating the “Last modified” date above. Your continued use of the Twitch Services after the effective date of the revised Terms of Service constitutes your acceptance of the terms.”

8User Content3 clauses

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Broad, perpetual, sublicensable content license

📄Claims your content

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💬 When you post anything on Twitch, you give Twitch an unlimited, worldwide, forever, free license to use, edit, and profit from your content, and to let others do the same. This can even last forever where the law allows it.

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“you grant Twitch and its sub-licensees, to the furthest extent and for the maximum duration permitted by applicable law (including in perpetuity if permitted under applicable law), an unrestricted, worldwide, irrevocable, fully sub-licenseable, nonexclusive, and royalty-free right to: (a) use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, and display your User Content”

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Likeness and voice usage rights

📄Claims your content

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💬 Twitch can use your name, face, and voice to make money, including in promotions, without paying you separately.

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“(b) use the name, identity, likeness, and voice (or other biographical information) that you submit in connection with such User Content. Twitch can exercise these rights in connection with monetizing the Twitch Services.”

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Content survives deletion

🗄️Data retention

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💬 Even after you delete your content or close your account, copies (like Clips others made, shared content, promotional uses, and backups) can keep existing and being used.

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“the rights granted by you hereunder will terminate a commercially reasonable amount of time after you delete such User Content from the Twitch Services, or generally by closing your account, except: (a) to the extent you shared it with others as part of the Twitch Services and others copied or stored portions of the User Content (e.g., made a Clip)”

17Idea Submission1 clause

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Free use of your ideas

📄Claims your content

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💬 If you send Twitch a suggestion or idea, they can use it any way they want without paying you or crediting you.

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“you acknowledge and agree that Twitch shall be entitled to use or disclose such Submissions for any purpose in any way without providing compensation or credit to you.”

18Termination3 clauses

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Termination at sole discretion, no notice

⛔Account termination

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💬 Twitch can suspend or permanently ban you at any time, without warning, for any reason it decides, including cutting off access to things you paid for.

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“Twitch reserves the right, without notice and in our sole discretion, to stop providing the Twitch Services (or any features) to you or to users generally, to terminate this Terms of Service agreement with you, to terminate your license to use the Twitch Services (including to post User Content), and to block or prevent your future access to and use of the Twitch Services for any reason”

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Loss of purchased products on termination

⛔Account termination

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💬 If your account is terminated, you can lose access to things you already paid for, including subscriptions and paid accounts.

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“Our right to terminate our services, this agreement, and your license includes the ability to terminate or to suspend your access to any purchased products or services, including any subscriptions, Prime Gaming, or Turbo accounts.”

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Only remedy is to quit

🛡️Limits their liability

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💬 If you're unhappy with Twitch for almost any reason, your only official option is to stop using it and delete your account.

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“your only remedy with respect to any dissatisfaction with: (i) the Twitch Services, (ii) any term of these Terms of Service, (iii) any policy or practice of Twitch in operating the Twitch Services, or (iv) any content or information transmitted through the Twitch Services, is to terminate your account and to discontinue use of any and all parts of the Twitch Services.”

19Disputes6 clauses

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Broad indemnification obligation

🛡️Limits their liability

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💬 If someone sues Twitch because of what you did or posted, you agree to cover Twitch's legal costs and damages, potentially a large financial exposure.

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“you agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Twitch, its affiliated companies, and each of our respective contractors, employees, officers, directors, agents, third-party suppliers, licensors, and partners ... from any claims, losses, damages, demands, expenses, costs, and liabilities, including legal fees and expenses, arising out of or related to your access, use, or misuse of the Twitch Services”

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Liability capped at $100 or 12 months of fees

🛡️Limits their liability

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💬 No matter how much harm Twitch causes you, the most you can generally recover is $100 or what you paid them in the last year, whichever is greater.

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“IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF TWITCH ... EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU, IF ANY, FOR ACCESSING THE TWITCH SERVICES DURING THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE DATE OF THE CLAIM OR ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS, WHICHEVER IS GREATER.”

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Full disclaimer of warranties

🛡️Limits their liability

19-C

💬 Twitch provides its service 'as is' with no guarantees it will work, be safe, or be error-free. You use it at your own risk.

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“THE TWITCH SERVICES AND THE CONTENT AND MATERIALS CONTAINED THEREIN ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED”

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California courts and law required

📍Jurisdiction

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💬 Any lawsuit against Twitch (unless you're an EU/EEA/UK/CH consumer) must be filed in California under California law, which can be expensive and inconvenient if you live elsewhere.

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“Any disputes, claims, or causes of action arising out of or in connection with these Terms of Service or your use of the Twitch Services shall be brought and resolved exclusively by the United States District Court for the Northern District of California or a California state court located in San Francisco County, California.”

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Mandatory pre-suit notice and 60-day wait

📌Other

19-E

💬 Before you can sue Twitch, you must send a formal notice and wait 60 days to try to resolve it informally.

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“you must engage in this informal resolution process before starting any formal dispute process.”

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One-year deadline to bring claims

📌Other

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💬 You have only one year to bring any legal claim against Twitch, which is shorter than many normal legal deadlines. Miss it and you lose the right to sue.

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“YOU AND TWITCH AGREE THAT ANY CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE TWITCH SERVICES MUST COMMENCE WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER THE CAUSE OF ACTION ACCRUES. OTHERWISE, SUCH CAUSE OF ACTION IS PERMANENTLY BARRED.”

20Miscellaneous1 clause

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Twitch can assign, you cannot

📌Other

20-A

💬 Twitch can transfer this contract (and your content license) to another company freely, but you can't transfer your rights to anyone.

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“these Terms of Service, and any rights and licenses granted hereunder, may not be transferred or assigned by you, but may be assigned by Twitch without restriction.”

12Advertisements1 clause

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Twitch has exclusive monetization rights

📌Other

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💬 Only Twitch can sell and run ads on the platform; you can't bring your own ad networks (though you can do disclosed Branded Content).

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“Twitch has the exclusive right to monetize the Twitch Services, including without limitation, the exclusive right to sell, serve, and display advertisements on the Twitch Services.”

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