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AIVA has moderate defaults; Descript carries the most permissive license terms of the set.FOR ENTERPRISE: AIVA ENTERPRISE TIER ACCEPTABLE · DESCRIPT NOT RECOMMENDED
| RISK SURFACE | AIVA | DESCRIPT |
|---|---|---|
| PPrompt Ownership | ||
| OOutput Ownership | ||
| TModel Training | ||
| CCommercial Use | ||
| DData Privacy | ||
| $Tier Differences |
“We claim no ownership rights in your User Content. You hereby grant to us a perpetual, irrevocable, nonexclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable, fully paid, worldwide license to create derivative works from, access, reproduce, distribute, process, publish, display, perform, adapt,…”
Despite claiming no ownership, Descript takes an extremely broad, perpetual, irrevocable, sublicensable license over all user content including name and likeness, across all current and future media channels, with no compensation.
“ Depending on the plan that Licensee is currently subscribed to, different licenses may be applied to the Audio and/or MIDI Compositions generated by the User: Non-Commercial License: Licensor hereby assigns, grants and conveys to Licensee a non-exclusive, non-transferrable and…”
“We claim no ownership rights in your User Content. You hereby grant to us a perpetual, irrevocable, nonexclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable, fully paid, worldwide license to create derivative works from, access, reproduce, distribute, process, publish, display, perform, adapt,…”
Descript disclaims ownership of user content but takes back a sweeping perpetual, irrevocable license to outputs/edited content. The scope of 'improve the Descript Service' is broad and could encompass model training.
“ Licensee is not permitted to use the MIDI or Audio compositions to set up a competing / similar service to what is provided by AIVA on the Site. Licensee is not permitted to use the music as part of a large scale upload or licensing to any third party. For example, large scale…”
“You hereby grant to us a perpetual, irrevocable, nonexclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable, fully paid, worldwide license to create derivative works from, access, reproduce, distribute, process, publish, display, perform, adapt, modify, analyze, and otherwise use the User Content…”
The license to 'analyze' and 'improve the Descript Service' could encompass AI model training on user content. There is no explicit opt-out mechanism referenced in the visible text.
“ Licensee will not reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble or otherwise attempt to derive the source code, techniques, processes, algorithms, know-how or other information from the binary code, the servers and any other infrastructure of the Licensor, or permit or induce the for…”
“Additional content libraries (the “Additional Libraries”) are not subject to this license, may not be available for commercial use without a license, and may require that you obtain model clearance.”
Additional Libraries outside Storyblocks may require separate commercial licenses and model clearances, creating potential legal exposure for users who assume all platform content is commercially usable.
“ This Agreement is effective until terminated. Licensee rights under this Agreement will automatically terminate without notice from AIVA if Licensee fails to comply with any terms of this Agreement. Upon the termination of this License, Licensee shall cease all use of the Servic…”
“Personalize and improve the Descript Service and for research and development purposes including training our artificial intelligence models;”
User data (including uploaded content) may be used to train AI models. An opt-out exists for Projects specifically, but this broad statement covers other collected information without a clear opt-out.
“ Customers are elligible for refunds if, and only if, they have not used any of the premium features of the plan they subscribed to. If Licensee has already started using premium features, Licensee understands that they are no longer elligible for a refund, and the sole act of us…”
“ Scope of License. The license granted to you is limited to a non-transferable license to use the Mac App on any iPhone, iPod touch or iPad that you own or control as permitted by the Usage Rules set forth in the Apple App Store Terms of Service.”