O'Reilly Terms Scorecard

Grade C — Standard consumer terms (score 64/100)

O'Reilly claims a perpetual, irrevocable license to user content and reserves the right to modify terms without notice, while limiting legal claims to a one-year window.

Broad content license, unilateral changes, and shortened statute of limitations.

Terms at a glance

Sells your data
UNCLEAR
Forced arbitration
NO
Trains AI on your content
UNCLEAR
Collects biometric data
NO
Shares data with government
UNCLEAR
Easy to cancel
UNCLEAR
Tells you before changes
NO
Deletes data on request
UNCLEAR

What the terms actually say

YOUR SUBMISSIONS

You grant to us and our respective licensees and assigns, the perpetual, irrevocable, nonexclusive, and worldwide right... to make any use of the submission that we deem suitable in our sole discretion

O'Reilly claims a permanent, non-revocable right to use your content for any purpose they choose, even after you stop using the service.

MODIFICATION AND TERMINATION OF SERVICES

We reserve the right in our sole discretion to remove site materials, modify, suspend or terminate the site (or any portion of it), and/or your use of or access, with or without notice.

The company can terminate your account or change the service at any time without providing you any prior warning.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

You agree that we may amend this TOS at any time by posting the amended terms on this site, without notice to you.

O'Reilly can change these terms at any time without notifying you, and your continued use constitutes acceptance of the new terms.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

any dispute, claim or controversy... must be brought no later than one (1) year from the date the alleged claim occurred or arose.

You are forced to bring any legal claims within one year, which is significantly shorter than the standard statute of limitations in many jurisdictions.

INDEMNITY

You agree to indemnify and hold O'Reilly... harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party

If your use of the site leads to a lawsuit against O'Reilly, you are responsible for paying their legal costs and damages.

Last reviewed 2026-08-01 under rubric v3.5.

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