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Synthesia has moderate defaults; Descript carries the most permissive license terms of the set.FOR ENTERPRISE: DESCRIPT NOT RECOMMENDED · SYNTHESIA ENTERPRISE TIER ACCEPTABLE
| RISK SURFACE | DESCRIPT | SYNTHESIA |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
“ This Privacy Policy governs and explains how we collect and process your personal information when you (“ you ” or “ User ”) use our website, located at synthesia.io (“ Site ”), services and products accessible through the Site (“ Services ”), and the associated web-based softwa…”
“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.
“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.
“Fine-tuning the AI model to enable it to generate new videos with your Avatar based on the Sample performing a user-provided input;”
User's biometric data (Sample) is explicitly used to fine-tune Synthesia's AI models, meaning the user's likeness directly contributes to model training.
“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.
“ In addition to our third-party vendors acting on our behalf, we will only disclose, redisclose or otherwise disseminate Biometric Data in the following circumstances: As instructed by the Customer as a data controller; As required by applicable State or federal law or municip…”
“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.
“Avatar creation features require processing of the facial geometry and/or voiceprint from each of the Sample and Verification Recording. Certain steps in creating an Avatar involve the processing of data considered “ biometric data ”, “ biometric information ”, “ biometric identi…”
Synthesia collects and processes highly sensitive biometric data (facial geometry, voiceprints) which is subject to stringent regulation in multiple jurisdictions. Users should be aware of the elevated risk associated with providing such data.
“ 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.”