Originally Posted by
ORAC
Adobe is claiming that they can then sub-license customer assets to OTHER companies. They describe a "reasonable" use-case, but describe no limitations.
I think you've misinterpreted it. The licence is "solely for the purposes of operating or improving services" and the ability to sublicense is under that purpose, i.e. there is a limitation.
Any online service needs a licence to copy otherwise they can't copy onto their servers. They will also need to cover subcontractors somehow, e.g. if Adobe host on Amazon they need to allow Amazon to copy too.
You could argue that the "improving services" part is a bit cheeky.
These terms are quite common, you'll note that pprune has:
You automatically grant and assign to us, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant and assign to us, a perpetual, irrevocable, unlimited, fully paid, fully sub-licensable (through multiple tiers), worldwide license to copy, perform, display, distribute, prepare derivative works from (including, without limitation, incorporating into other works) and otherwise use any content that you post