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DeepSeek Chat carries highly permissive license terms; Speechify carries highly permissive license terms.FOR ENTERPRISE: DEEPSEEK CHAT NOT RECOMMENDED · SPEECHIFY NOT RECOMMENDED
| RISK SURFACE | DEEPSEEK CHAT | SPEECHIFY |
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“ 4.1 You are responsible for all Inputs you submit to our Services and corresponding Outputs. By submitting Inputs to our Services, you represent and warrant that you have all rights, licenses, and permissions that are necessary for us to process the Inputs under our Terms. Y…”
“ If greater rights are needed, a mutually acceptable written addendum specifically conveying such rights must be included in these Terms. These Terms are effective and were last updated on Jul 1, 2025. Speechify, Inc. is located at 382 NE 191st St PMB 69469, Miami, FL, 33179-38…”
“we grant you a revocable, non-transferable, and non-exclusive right to legally use this product and related services. All other rights not expressly authorized by these Terms are reserved by DeepSeek, and before exercising such rights, you must obtain written permission from…”
The terms do not explicitly assign ownership of generated outputs to users. Combined with DeepSeek's broad reservation of all non-expressly-granted rights, there is no clear statement that users own or receive an unrestricted license to their outputs.
“by submitting User Material you hereby grant Speechify an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty free, worldwide license to use, telecast, copy, perform, display, edit, distribute and otherwise exploit the User Material you post on the Services, or any portion thereof, an…”
Irrevocable, perpetual, royalty-free license covering commercial, promotional, and advertising use with sublicensing rights through multiple tiers and no attribution requirement. This is an extremely broad license-back on user-submitted content.
“To improve and develop the Services and to train and improve our technology, such as our machine learning models and algorithms. Including by monitoring interactions and usage across your devices, analyzing how people are using it, and training and improving our technology.”
User inputs and interactions are explicitly used to train AI models with no opt-out mechanism described in this section.
“by submitting User Material you hereby grant Speechify an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty free, worldwide license to use, telecast, copy, perform, display, edit, distribute and otherwise exploit the User Material you post on the Services, or any portion thereof, an…”
The license is broad enough to potentially encompass model training (use 'in any manner'), but training is not explicitly mentioned. Users cannot be certain their submissions will not be used for AI/ML training purposes.
“ (4) Without DeepSeek's authorization, copying, transferring, leasing,”
“in any manner (including, without limitation, for commercial, publicity, trade, promotional, or advertising purposes) and in any and all media now known or hereafter devised, and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such User Material, and to grant and…”
Speechify can commercially exploit user-submitted content for advertising and promotional purposes without compensation. This restricts the user's exclusive commercial value in their own submitted material.
“the right to delete Personal Data you’ve provided to us, or that we’ve obtained about you;”
The policy mentions a deletion right but provides no information on actual retention periods, deletion timelines, or whether model weights trained on user data can be 'deleted'.
“Please note that your continued use of Speechify after any change means that you agree with and consent to be bound by the new Policy. If you disagree with any changes in this Policy and do not wish your information to be subject to it, you will need to delete your Speechify acco…”
Continued use constitutes consent to updated privacy terms. Users who disagree must delete their account—there is no mechanism to object to specific changes while retaining service access.
“and **Payment Personal Data** are not applicable to DeepSeek App.”
“Application of Consumer Law to Business Users Speechify’s Business, Enterprise, Studio, Voice-Over, and API offerings are intended for commercial use. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Business Users acknowledge and agree that consumer-protection statutes and implied war…”
Business, Enterprise, API, and Studio users explicitly waive consumer-protection statutes and implied warranties, materially reducing their legal recourse.