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Descript carries highly permissive license terms; Resemble AI carries highly permissive license terms.FOR ENTERPRISE: DESCRIPT NOT RECOMMENDED · RESEMBLE AI NOT RECOMMENDED
| RISK SURFACE | DESCRIPT | RESEMBLE AI |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
“ You agree that any ideas, suggestions, concepts, processes or techniques which you provide to Resemble AI related to the Services (“ Feedback ”) are and will be Resemble AI’s exclusive property without any compensation or other consideration payable to you by R…”
“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.
“ Except as otherwise provided expressly in this Agreement, all right, title and interest in and to the Services, including but not limited to our proprietary AI processes and voice generator software used and/or incorporated into the AI Model, and all other materials and services…”
“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.
“ accesses the Services or otherwise uses any output generated from the Services (including without limitation audio files) to train, improve, or otherwise further develop your own or any third party’s product, service, or deepfake detection model.”
“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.
“ accesses the Services for the purposes of building a product using similar or competitive ideas, features, functions, interface or graphics as those in the Services;”
“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.
“ collects, uses or discloses data, including personal information, about users without their informed consent or for unlawful purposes or in violation of applicable law or regulations;”
“ 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.”
“ Access and use of our Services require payment of applicable fees, which is set in the Order Form or on our website (the “ Fees ”). You agree to pay the Fees as they become due, and failure to do so may result in late fees calculated at the lesser of 1.5% per month o…”