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This review of 500px's terms of service highlights several concerns. The company may modify or discontinue Premium Account services without notice or refund (risk_flags-1). Users waive their right to join class action lawsuits (risk_flags-2) and cannot terminate content licensing permissions or seek injunctive relief for licensed content (risk_flags-3). Additionally, 500px has broad rights to use licensed visual content (data_use-1, data_use-4), including full discretion over pricing, and users waive their moral rights.
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Risk Flags
3 findings
Critical issues that could lead to significant harm and affect user rights.
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Service modifications and discontinuation without prior notice or refund
500px may modify, suspend, or discontinue the services provided to Premium Account holders at any time at its sole discretion and without prior notice or providing any refund for any fees paid for Premium Accounts.
Why it matters: Premium account holders may lose access to services or features without warning or a refund for their paid subscription.
500px may modify, suspend, or discontinue the Services provided to Premium Account holders at any time at its sole discretion and without prior notice or providing any refund for any fees paid for Premium Accounts.
Users agree that any proceedings to resolve or litigate any dispute will be conducted solely on an individual basis, and users will not seek to have any dispute heard as a class action, a representative action, a collective action, a private attorney-general action, or in any proceeding in which they act or propose to act in a representative capacity.
Why it matters: This clause limits users' ability to join together with others in legal actions against the company, restricting their legal recourse.
YOU AND 500PX AGREE THAT ANY PROCEEDINGS TO RESOLVE OR LITIGATE ANY DISPUTE ARISING HEREUNDER WILL BE CONDUCTED SOLELY ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS, AND THAT YOU WILL NOT SEEK TO HAVE ANY DISPUTE HEARD AS A CLASS ACTION, A REPRESENTATIVE ACTION, A COLLECTIVE ACTION, A PRIVATE ATTORNEY-GENERAL ACTION, OR IN ANY PROCEEDING IN WHICH YOU ACT OR PROPOSE TO ACT IN A REPRESENTATIVE CAPACITY.
Termination of Your Account, paragraph 12 · Citation strength: strong
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Waiver of rights to terminate permissions or seek injunctive relief for licensed content
Users do not have any right to terminate the permissions granted, nor to seek, obtain, or enforce any injunctive or other equitable relief against 500px, all of which such rights are expressly and irrevocably waived.
Why it matters: If users license their visual content through 500px, they give up the right to stop 500px from using that content or to seek a court order to prevent certain actions by 500px related to their content.
You do not have any right to terminate the permissions granted herein, nor to seek, obtain, or enforce any injunctive or other equitable relief against 500px, all of which such rights are hereby expressly and irrevocably waived by you in favor of 500px.
How the company collects, uses, and shares your personal information.
medium90% confidence
Broad license for visual content submitted for licensing
By submitting Visual Content to 500px Licensing, users grant 500px a non-exclusive or exclusive, transferable, fully paid, worldwide license to use, sublicense, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly perform, publicly display and submit for aggregated data licensing such Visual Content in connection with the Services and to develop technology, products and services, enhance user experiences related to search, content recommendations and social interactions on 500px.
Why it matters: When users submit their visual content for licensing, 500px gains extensive rights to use, modify, and distribute that content globally for various purposes, including developing new technologies and enhancing user experiences.
By submitting Visual Content to 500px Licensing, you grant to 500px a non-exclusive or exclusive, transferable, fully paid, worldwide license to use, sublicense, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly perform, publicly display and submit for aggregated data licensing such Visual Content in connection with the Services and to develop technology, products and services, enhance user experiences related to search, content recommendations and social interactions on 500px.
Right to retain digital copies of visual content after termination for archival purposes
Upon termination (by 500px or you), 500px (and our distributors) may retain digital copies of Visual Content for archival and record-keeping purposes.
Why it matters: Even after users terminate their account or 500px terminates it, copies of their visual content may be kept by 500px and its distributors for archival and record-keeping.
Upon termination (by 500px or you), 500px will remove your Visual Content from licensing within 180 days and will inform all distributors that the Visual Content should be removed during that time period where possible based on the manner of licensing, provided however that 500px (and our distributors) may retain digital copies of Visual Content for archival and record-keeping purposes.
Termination of Your Account, paragraph 2 · Citation strength: strong
Cancellation & Renewal
All clear
Terms related to account cancellation, subscription renewals, and associated refunds or data handling.
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Looking good
No billing surprises spotted
Verbaterm only flags concerns it can cite. No cancellation, auto-renewal, or refund terms needed attention here.
Gotchas
All clear
Unexpected clauses that might be considered one-sided or not immediately obvious.
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No hidden gotchas
Verbaterm only flags concerns it can cite. Nothing easy-to-miss stood out in this section.
Protections
1 finding
Positive aspects for the user, such as strong privacy commitments or clear user controls.
Protection90% confidence
Right to opt out of photo contest nominations
Users grant 500px the right to select, nominate, consider and invite any Visual Content they uploaded and made publicly accessible for any photo contests and awards. Users retain the right to opt out, decline and reject any such nominations, winnings and awards.
Why it helps: This provision allows users to control whether their content participates in contests or receives awards, giving them a choice even if their content is nominated.
You grant 500px the right to select, nominate, consider and invite any Visual Content you uploaded and made publicly accessible for any photo contests and awards. You retain the right to opt out, decline and reject any such nominations, winnings and awards.