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Coursera forces binding arbitration and class action waivers while claiming a perpetual, worldwide license to all user-generated content.
Forced arbitration, perpetual content license, and broad liability disclaimers.
YOU AND COURSERA HEREBY WAIVE ANY CONSTITUTIONAL AND STATUTORY RIGHTS TO SUE IN COURT AND HAVE A TRIAL IN FRONT OF A JUDGE OR A JURY.
You are giving up your right to have your day in court and must use private arbitration instead.
you grant Coursera a fully-transferable, royalty-free, perpetual, sublicensable, non-exclusive, worldwide license to copy, distribute, modify, create derivative works based on, publicly perform, publicly display, and otherwise use the User Content.
Coursera takes a permanent, global license to use anything you post, which survives even if you delete your account.
IN NO EVENT SHALL COURSERA'S AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS RELATED TO THE SERVICES EXCEED TWENTY U.S. DOLLARS ($20) OR THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FEES RECEIVED BY COURSERA FROM YOU FOR THE USE OF PAID SERVICES DURING THE PAST SIX MONTHS, WHICHEVER IS GREATER.
Coursera limits its financial responsibility to you to a maximum of $20 for free users.
For any material changes to the Terms, we will take reasonable steps to notify you of such changes, via a banner on the website, email notification, another method, or combination of methods.
Coursera promises to provide notice when they make significant changes to the agreement.
You can stop using our Services at any time, although we'll be sorry to see you go.
You are free to leave the platform whenever you choose.
Last reviewed 2026-07-25 under rubric v3.5.