Clause 32

This clause’s language takes more rights from creators than we think reasonable; it is creator-unfriendly.

CLAUSE TEXT:

Except as otherwise provided by the Brightcove Privacy Policy, with respect to any Content posted by you on, to, or through Brightcove or the Services, you grant Brightcove a world-wide, royalty free, perpetual, license to use, copy, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, create compilations including, create derivative works of, and distribute such Content to publish and promote such Content in connection with the particular Services and to publish and promote such Content elsewhere within Brightcove and the Services. Such license shall apply with respect to any form, media, or technology now known or later developed.

EXPLANATION:

Brightcove is an internet site that allows users to launch their own television channel. In return, Brightcove gets the perpetual non exclusive right to make any kind of use of the material the user posts. Britecove can edit the material, post it on its site or its affiliated sites, transmit it, and adapt it to new media, all without paying the user.