The Movie Database Terms Scorecard

Grade F — Predatory terms (score 50/100)

The terms grant a perpetual, sublicensable license to user content for AI training and allow for unilateral changes without notice, while capping liability at $50.

Perpetual content license, liability capped at $50, unilateral changes allowed.

Terms at a glance

Sells your data
UNCLEAR
Forced arbitration
NO
Trains AI on your content
YES
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

Section 2.B — Your License to Us

By making a Contribution to this Site, You grant us an irrevocable, perpetual... license to use... including training or validating a machine learning or artificial intelligence system using Your Contribution.

You grant the company a permanent, worldwide license to use your content for any purpose, including training AI models, which you cannot revoke.

Section 8 — Changes to These Terms of Use

We may modify these Terms of Use from time to time without warning or notice and it is Your responsibility to read them carefully.

The company reserves the right to change the terms at any time without notifying you, and you are responsible for checking for updates.

Section 12.C — Limitation of Liability

OUR LIABILITY TO YOU... SHALL NOT EXCEED $50, WHERE SUCH AMOUNT APPLIES TO ALL YOUR CLAIMS IN AGGREGATE.

The company limits its total financial liability to you to $50, regardless of the damages incurred.

Section 6.B — User Termination

We reserve the right to, in Our sole discretion, without warning, notice or liability, deny access to, or use of the Site or the Services, to any person for any reason, or for no reason at all.

The company can terminate your access to the service at any time, for any reason, without prior notice.

Section 13 — Indemnity

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

You are required to pay the company's legal costs and damages if they are sued by a third party due to your use of the site.

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

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