Lemon8's terms deny default revenue but allow cross-posting

The test

Lemon8's own Terms of Service and a linked Supplemental Terms of Use, both retrieved as living documents on 16 September 2026, set out two specific points for a creator posting on the ByteDance-owned photo-and-lifestyle app: whether posting earns revenue, and what happens to content once a TikTok account is linked.

What the evidence says

The general terms, last updated 19 September 2024 per the document's own header, state directly that Lemon8 'may generate revenues... from your use of the Services' and that, except where specifically permitted, a user has 'no right to share in any such revenue' and is 'prohibited from exercising any rights to monetize or obtain consideration from any User Content within the Services or on any third party service.' The Supplemental Terms of Use, which apply once a user links a TikTok account -- required for app versions 7.6.0 and above -- add a separate mechanic: 'the content you post on either the Lemon8 Service or TikTok Service may be cross-posted on the other Service,' and TikTok's own Terms of Service then govern that content 'regardless of which Service it was originally posted on.' These are two distinct documents making two distinct claims: a no-default-revenue clause in the base terms, and an account-linked cross-posting mechanic in the supplemental terms.

The sample and the variance

Both documents are Lemon8's own current terms as retrieved, not a record of any specific payout dispute or enforcement action, and the cross-posting clause applies only to users who have linked a TikTok account under the app-version threshold the terms specify, not to every Lemon8 user. Nothing in either document quantifies how often cross-posting actually occurs in practice.

What to try next

As an editorial reading, a creator posting to Lemon8 can treat the absence of a default revenue right as the baseline assumption for planning, and treat cross-posting as a separate, account-linking-dependent mechanic worth checking in the app's own account settings rather than assuming either applies without confirming account status.

• Is a given account on version 7.6.0 or above with a linked TikTok account, making the cross-posting clause active?
• Does any separate creator-fund or partnership agreement grant a specific revenue right that would override the general terms' default?
• Have the Supplemental Terms changed since this 16 September 2026 reading?

Two adjacent legal documents from the same company can make two different kinds of claims. Reading only one of them risks missing whichever mechanic, payout or cross-posting, the other one actually governs.