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Base44 has moderate defaults; Descript carries the most permissive license terms of the set.FOR ENTERPRISE: BASE44 ENTERPRISE TIER ACCEPTABLE · DESCRIPT NOT RECOMMENDED
| RISK SURFACE | BASE44 | DESCRIPT |
|---|---|---|
| PPrompt Ownership | ||
| OOutput Ownership | ||
| TModel Training | ||
| CCommercial Use | ||
| DData Privacy | ||
| $Tier Differences |
“ As between the Company and the Customer, all right, title and interest in the Platform, Website and Company Documents, including without limitation, any services, content, materials, software, know-how, data files, documentation, code, SDK, API, design, text, media, methodologie…”
“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.
“ The Company may collect, monitor and freely use Anonymous Information (as defined below), inter alia to provide, develop, maintain, improve, demonstrate and market the Platform, Website and other products and services. “Anonymous Information” means information about…”
“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.
“ To develop new products and services by conducting analytics or research.”
“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.
“ Customer and its Users may not, and may not permit or aid others to: (i) use the Platform, Website, Generated Output or Company Documents or in contravention with the RUP, as amended by the Company from time to time; (ii) other than as set forth in the Sections (entitled Generat…”
“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.
“ The termination of the Subscription shall not relieve Customer from its obligation to pay due Fees. Except as explicitly set forth herein, upon termination, all licenses and rights granted hereunder shall immediately expire and any and all use by the Customer or the Users of the…”
“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.
“ No refunds on renewal. To the maximum extent permitted by law, renewal charges are non‑cancelable and non‑refundable once a renewal term begins, except as otherwise expressly stated in an Order Form or required by mandatory local law.”
“ 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.”