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Cengage claims a perpetual, irrevocable license to your content and reserves the right to modify terms or terminate your account at any time without notice.
Perpetual content license, unilateral changes, and broad termination rights.
You hereby grant Cengage and users of the applicable Service a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, sublicensable, and transferable license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, prepare derivative works of, perform, and display your Content...
You give Cengage a permanent, global right to use, change, and share your content for any business purpose, even after you leave.
Cengage may change these Terms from time to time. ... Your use of the Services after the date on which these Terms have changed constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.
By continuing to use the service, you automatically agree to any changes Cengage makes to these terms.
Cengage may terminate, suspend, or block your use of all or part of the Services, without liability or refund, if in Cengage’s sole determination you have breached these Terms.
Cengage can ban you or delete your account at their sole discretion without providing a refund.
Cengage will not share the UDID or any other individual App user data with third parties, except in the case of a court order, subpoena, or a lawful government demand.
Cengage will hand over your data to law enforcement or government agencies if requested, without a commitment to notify you.
Cengage’s total liability will at all times be limited to the fees you have paid to Cengage for the Services at issue during the prior three (3) months.
If Cengage causes you harm, the most you can recover is the amount you paid them in the last three months.
YOU AGREE TO INDEMNIFY, DEFEND AND HOLD HARMLESS CENGAGE, its affiliates and suppliers... from any and all demands, claims, actions, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses, including attorneys’ fees...
You are financially responsible for Cengage's legal costs if they are sued due to your actions.
Last reviewed 2026-08-23 under rubric v3.5.