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Which section of the TOS is that in? I don't see anything about that, but it's a very long TOS so I just searched some keywords. You are also contradicting thei

Which section of the TOS is that in? I don't see anything about that, but it's a very long TOS so I just searched some keywords. You are also contradicting their own FAQ. The closest thing I can see is the indemnity section which limits damages. If you're an editor and paste an author's work in, they can't get any damages from Grammarly, if you paste your own work in, your damages are limited to 12 months subscription - even if they bound your input into a novel and published it, or were hacked and somebody else published it. However, it would still be a criminal act of copyright infringement.

DanBC 7y ago
Parent poster seems to be talking about this, which is a standard feature of any ToS that allows services to operate at all. I think this para clearly tells the user that he or she retains the rights to content, and it goes on to say that Grammarly only needs these rights to provide the service and improve the algorithms. I don't think it says that Grammarly get to keep the content and do what they like with it. > You retain all right, title, and interest in and to your User Content. By uploading or entering any User Content, you give Grammarly (and those it works with) a nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty-free and fully-paid, transferable and sublicensable, perpetual, and irrevocable license to copy, store and use your User Content (and, if you are an Authorized User, your Enterprise Subscriber’s User Content) in connection with the provision of the Software and the Services and to improve the algorithms underlying the Software and the Services. See eg HN's tos: > By uploading any User Content you hereby grant and will grant Y Combinator and its affiliated companies a nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty free, fully paid up, transferable, sublicensable, perpetual, irrevocable license to copy, display, upload, perform, distribute, store, modify and otherwise use your User Content for any Y Combinator-related purpose in any form, medium or technology now known or later developed.

DanBC 7y ago

Parent poster seems to be talking about this, which is a standard feature of any ToS that allows services to operate at all. I think this para clearly tells the user that he or she retains the rights to content, and it goes on to say that Grammarly only needs these rights to provide the service and improve the algorithms. I don't think it says that Grammarly get to keep the content and do what they like with it. > You retain all right, title, and interest in and to your User Content. By uploading or entering any User Content, you give Grammarly (and those it works with) a nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty-free and fully-paid, transferable and sublicensable, perpetual, and irrevocable license to copy, store and use your User Content (and, if you are an Authorized User, your Enterprise Subscriber’s User Content) in connection with the provision of the Software and the Services and to improve the algorithms underlying the Software and the Services. See eg HN's tos: > By uploading any User Content you hereby grant and will grant Y Combinator and its affiliated companies a nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty free, fully paid up, transferable, sublicensable, perpetual, irrevocable license to copy, display, upload, perform, distribute, store, modify and otherwise use your User Content for any Y Combinator-related purpose in any form, medium or technology now known or later developed.