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I am not a lawyer nor am I looking to give advice.

Not all of that is legal. In IL others cannot claim ownership of the work you produce outside of company time and resources.

Additionally claiming a world wide right won't fly. I don't know what nations wouldn't allow for it with the conditions it was created in, but I am confident there are nations that would look at that contract and invalidate it or not accept it since Amazon did not develop or assist in developing it.

Theres another point in the agreement that would fall through: Amazon doesn't claim any kind of responsibility for the product made, but Amazon also claims priviledges to work not compensated for. (It's either/or .. a product violates other's rights and gets sued.. which one is it? You can't have someone that party owns it and is complete unreasonable for it)

Additionally the nature of the contract is a labor agreement. The labor being agreed upon is employment and has expectations.

TL;DR I hope someone comes after them legally in an agressive manner for this. They're trying to have their cake and eat it too.



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