Grade C — Standard consumer terms (score 64/100)
Scribd forces binding arbitration, claims a perpetual license to user content, and imposes a one-year statute of limitations on all legal claims.
Forced arbitration, perpetual content license, and short statute of limitations.
either party may initiate binding arbitration as the sole means to resolve Disputes
You cannot sue the company in court; you must use a private arbitration process.
You grant to the Company a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide, nonexclusive, sublicensable, and transferable license to use... Your User Submissions
The company can use your content forever, for any purpose, without paying you.
ANY CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE COMPANY MUST COMMENCE WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER THE CAUSE OF ACTION ACCRUES.
You must file any lawsuit within one year, or you lose the right to sue forever.
You can cancel Your Account and/or Subscription through Your Account settings
You can cancel your account easily online without needing to contact support.
Use any content made available through the Services for the purpose of training, fine-tuning, or otherwise developing a large language model
The company prohibits using their content to train AI models.
Last reviewed 2026-07-27 under rubric v3.5.