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Amazon Music's terms include significant risks for users. The agreement allows for automatic termination of user rights without notice (risk_flags-1) and users may lose access to services and forfeit fees if their account is restricted or terminated (risk_flags-2). Users grant a very broad and irrevocable license to Amazon for their submitted content, including waiving moral rights (risk_flags-3, risk_flags-4). Additionally, users are responsible for indemnifying Amazon against claims related to their submitted content, which also may be publicly accessible and re-shared by others without Amazon's liability (gotchas-1, gotchas-2). The service automatically renews subscriptions, requiring users to actively cancel to avoid charges, and generally does not provide refunds for already paid fees upon cancellation (cancellation_renewal-2, cancellation_renewal-1).
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Risk Flags
Clauses that may indicate significant risks or red flags for users.
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Automatic Termination of Rights for Non-Compliance
Your rights under the Agreement will automatically terminate without notice if you fail to comply with its terms.
Why it matters: Users face automatic termination of their rights without prior notice if they do not comply with the agreement's terms, potentially leading to immediate loss of access to services without warning.
Your rights under the Agreement will automatically terminate without notice if you fail to comply with its terms.
Title: Amazon Music Terms of Use, paragraph 41 · Citation strength: strong
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Loss of Access and No Refunds Upon Service Termination
If user access to the Services is restricted, suspended, or terminated, the user may be unable to access the Services and may not receive any refund of fees or any other compensation.
Why it matters: Users risk losing access to the services and forfeiting any paid fees or compensation if their access is restricted, suspended, or terminated by Amazon.
If your access to the Services is restricted, suspended, or terminated, you may be unable to access the Services and you may not receive any refund of fees or any other compensation.
Title: Amazon Music Terms of Use, paragraph 41 · Citation strength: strong
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Broad User Content License Grant
Users grant Amazon a nonexclusive, transferable, worldwide, royalty-free, fully-paid, irrevocable, and fully-sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, perform, translate, make available, communicate to the public, transmit, edit, create derivative works from, distribute, and display user-submitted content in any form or media now known or later developed or discovered.
Why it matters: When submitting content, users grant Amazon extensive and irrevocable rights to use, modify, distribute, and display their content globally and across various media, with the ability to sublicense these rights.
If you submit User Content, you grant us, to the fullest extent and for the maximum duration permitted by law, a nonexclusive, transferable, worldwide, royalty-free, fully-paid, irrevocable, and fully-sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, perform, translate, make available, communicate to the public, transmit, edit, create derivative works from, distribute, and display that User Content in any form or media now known or later developed or discovered.
Title: Amazon Music Terms of Use, paragraph 32 · Citation strength: strong
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Waiving of Moral Rights in User Content
Users waive and agree not to enforce, to the fullest extent permitted by law, all moral rights or equivalent rights in User Content you submit.
Why it matters: Users give up control over their user-submitted content by waiving moral rights, which could include the right to attribution or the right to object to derogatory treatment of their work.
You waive and agree not to enforce, to the fullest extent permitted by law, all moral rights or equivalent rights in User Content you submit.
Title: Amazon Music Terms of Use, paragraph 32 · Citation strength: strong
Data Use
Clauses that describe how the user’s data is collected, processed, and shared.
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Collection and Sharing of Usage Data
The Services and Software may provide Amazon with information relating to your use, performance of services/software, and device information. Certain information regarding Content use (e.g., postal code and listening history) may be provided to Content providers, including record companies, in a non-identifiable manner.
Why it matters: Amazon collects data on how users use the services and software, including device information. This usage data, and certain content interaction data, may be shared with content providers, typically anonymized.
The Services and the Software may provide Amazon with information relating to your use and the performance of the Services and the Software, as well as information regarding the devices on which you download and use the Services and the Software. We may provide certain information regarding your use of Content, such as your postal code and listening history, to Content providers, including record companies. We will provide this information in a manner that is not identifiable to you.
Title: Amazon Music Terms of Use, paragraph 37 · Citation strength: strong
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Unique Identifiers in Purchased Music
Some record companies require Amazon to insert "Unique Identifiers" into the metadata of Purchased Music. These identifiers can contain information that identifies the user as the owner of the Purchased Music, such as a random order/copy number, purchase date/time, download source, album/song codes, Amazon's digital signature, and an identifier for audio modification.
Why it matters: Purchased music may contain hidden unique identifiers that link it back to the user, potentially revealing ownership and purchase details to third parties, which could be used for tracking or enforcement.
Some record companies require us to insert identifiers in the metadata that accompanies Purchased Music from these companies that uniquely identify it as Content you have received from us ("Unique Identifiers"). These Unique Identifiers may contain information that can be used to identify you as the owner of the Purchased Music. For example, these Unique Identifiers may include a random number we assign to your order or copy, purchase date and time, an indicator that the Purchased Music was downloaded from Amazon, codes that identify the album and song (the UPC and ISRC), Amazon's digital signature, and an identifier that can be used to determine whether the audio has been modified.
Title: Amazon Music Terms of Use, paragraph 38 · Citation strength: strong
Cancellation and Renewal
Clauses pertaining to subscription, cancellation, and renewal policies.
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No Refund on Cancellation of Auto-Renewal
If you cancel your subscription, you will not receive a refund of any fees already paid.
Why it matters: Users will not get their money back for any fees already paid if they cancel their subscription, even if they have not used the services.
If you cancel your subscription, you will not receive a refund of any fees already paid.
Title: Amazon Music Terms of Use, paragraph 22 · Citation strength: strong
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Auto-Renewal with User Responsibility to Cancel
Unless you notify Amazon before a charge that you do not want to auto renew, your Unlimited Plan will automatically continue, and you authorize Amazon to collect the then-applicable fee and taxes, using any payment method on record.
Why it matters: Users' Unlimited Plans will automatically renew and they will be charged unless they actively cancel before the next billing cycle.
UNLESS YOU NOTIFY US BEFORE A CHARGE THAT YOU DO NOT WANT TO AUTO RENEW, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR UNLIMITED PLAN WILL AUTOMATICALLY CONTINUE AND YOU AUTHORIZE US TO COLLECT THE THEN-APPLICABLE FEE AND APPLICABLE TAXES FOR THE UNLIMITED PLAN, USING ANY PAYMENT METHOD WE HAVE ON RECORD FOR YOU.
Title: Amazon Music Terms of Use, paragraph 21 · Citation strength: strong
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Inability to Cancel Purchased Music Orders
When purchasing Content from the Store, you acknowledge and agree that you cannot cancel your purchase of Content once delivery has started, including by Amazon making it available to you in the cloud for streaming or downloading.
Why it matters: Users cannot cancel purchases of digital music content once delivery has begun, such as when it's made available for streaming or download, meaning all sales become final very quickly.
When you place an order to purchase Content on the Store, you acknowledge and agree that you cannot cancel your purchase of Content once delivery has started, including by our making it available to you in the cloud for streaming or downloading.
Title: Amazon Music Terms of Use, paragraph 13 · Citation strength: strong
Gotchas
Potentially overlooked clauses that may have unintended consequences for users.
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Indemnification for User Content Claims
You agree that you will indemnify Amazon for all claims resulting from any User Content that you submit.
Why it matters: Users are responsible for any legal claims arising from the User Content they submit and must cover Amazon's costs if such claims occur.
you agree that you will indemnify Amazon for all claims resulting from any User Content that you submit.
Title: Amazon Music Terms of Use, paragraph 34 · Citation strength: strong
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Public Accessibility & Resharing of User Content
User Content that you submit may be publicly accessible, and may be used and re-shared by others. Amazon takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for what you or others submit, post or share on the Services.
Why it matters: User content submitted to the services may be publicly viewable and re-shared by others, and Amazon explicitly states they are not responsible or liable for how users or others use this content.
User Content that you submit may be publicly accessible, and may be used and re-shared by others. We take no responsibility and assume no liability for what you or others submit, post or share on the Services.
Title: Amazon Music Terms of Use, paragraph 34 · Citation strength: strong
Protections
Clauses that provide explicit and source-backed consumer benefits.
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Advance Notice for Price Changes
Amazon will notify you in advance before any price changes to your Unlimited Plan become effective.
Why it helps: Users will be informed before any price increases for their Unlimited Plan take effect, allowing them to decide whether to continue their subscription under the new pricing.
We will notify you in advance before any price changes to your Unlimited Plan become effective.
Title: Amazon Music Terms of Use, paragraph 7 · Citation strength: strong
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Prorated Refund for Discontinued Unlimited Plans
If Amazon discontinues your Unlimited Plan and you signed up directly through them, they will give you a prorated refund of any fees paid.
Why it helps: Users who subscribed directly to an Unlimited Plan will receive a prorated refund if Amazon discontinues their plan, ensuring they aren't charged for services no longer provided.
If we discontinue your Unlimited Plan, and you signed up directly through us, we will give you a prorated refund of any fees paid for your Unlimited Plan.
Title: Amazon Music Terms of Use, paragraph 40 · Citation strength: strong
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