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Descript
IMAGE / VIDEO / AUDIO GENERATION
PROMPT
Users own their inputs and generated outputs. "Both Input and Output are considered User Content under these Terms, and as between you and Descript, you own all right, title, and interest in and to any Input and Output, to the extent protectable under applicable law."
OUTPUT
Users own their generated outputs but Descript notes that "the copyright status of the generated Output may not be clear and that the use of such Generative Tools may affect your ability to obtain or enforce any intellectual property rights."
TRAINING
Descript uses content to train models by default unless the user opts out. "Descript may access and use your Input and Output in order to create and operate Descript...including by Descript to train, improve, and develop its models and technologies (unless you have opted out of such use)."
COMMERCIAL
Commercial use of user-generated outputs is permitted. Specific commercial licensing applies to Storyblocks stock material.
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Westlaw AI (Thomson Reuters)
ENTERPRISE SEARCH / PRODUCTIVITY
PROMPT
Thomson Reuters customers own all legal research queries and documents. Westlaw AI processes inputs to deliver AI-enhanced legal research.
OUTPUT
Customers own all AI-generated legal research and outputs. Thomson Reuters does not assert IP over generated research.
TRAINING
Uncertain. The corporate Privacy Statement states user data including 'content of your queries on our Services, such as artificial intelligence prompts' may be used to 'operate, improve, or personalize our Services' and 'Develop new products, services, content.' Product-specific DPA terms for Westlaw/CoCounsel were not cached and could not be reviewed.
COMMERCIAL
Full commercial use is permitted for law firm and enterprise legal deployments.
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AIRIN SUMMARY
Westlaw AI (Thomson Reuters) has moderate defaults; Descript carries the most permissive license terms of the set.FOR ENTERPRISE: DESCRIPT NOT RECOMMENDED · WESTLAW AI (THOMSON REUTERS) ENTERPRISE TIER ACCEPTABLE
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⚡ INTERACTIVE RISK COMPARISON HEATMAP
| RISK SURFACE | DESCRIPT | WESTLAW AI (THOMSON REUTERS) |
|---|---|---|
| PPrompt Ownership | ||
| OOutput Ownership | ||
| TModel Training | ||
| CCommercial Use | ||
| DData Privacy | ||
| $Tier Differences |
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📂 Intellectual Property & Model Training
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SURFACE 01
Prompt Ownership
Descript
HIGH⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
Users own their inputs and generated outputs. "Both Input and Output are considered User Content under these Terms, and as between you and Descript, you own all right, title, and interest in and to any Input and Output, to the extent protectable under applicable law."
“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.
Westlaw AI (Thomson Reuters)
MEDMED
Thomson Reuters customers own all legal research queries and documents. Westlaw AI processes inputs to deliver AI-enhanced legal research.
“ Personal information in content and communications uploaded, sent, shared, or inputted through our Services or via our networks and infrastructure, including feedback you provide to us and the content of communications between you and us or sent via our network and Services — in…”
O
SURFACE 02
Output Ownership
Descript
HIGH⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
Users own their generated outputs but Descript notes that "the copyright status of the generated Output may not be clear and that the use of such Generative Tools may affect your ability to obtain or enforce any intellectual property rights."
“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.
Westlaw AI (Thomson Reuters)
MED⚠ CAUTIONMED
Customers own all AI-generated legal research and outputs. Thomson Reuters does not assert IP over generated research.
“ All content provided on this site is owned by or licensed to Thomson Reuters and/or its affiliates (the "Thomson Reuters Content") and protected by United States and international copyright laws. Thomson Reuters and its licensors retain all proprietary rights to the Thomson Reut…”
T
SURFACE 03
Model Training
Descript
HIGH⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
Descript uses content to train models by default unless the user opts out. "Descript may access and use your Input and Output in order to create and operate Descript...including by Descript to train, improve, and develop its models and technologies (unless you have opted out of such use)."
“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.
Westlaw AI (Thomson Reuters)
MED
Uncertain. The corporate Privacy Statement states user data including 'content of your queries on our Services, such as artificial intelligence prompts' may be used to 'operate, improve, or personalize our Services' and 'Develop new products, services, content.' Product-specific DPA terms for Westlaw/CoCounsel were not cached and could not be reviewed.
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C
SURFACE 04
Commercial Use
Descript
HIGH⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
Commercial use of user-generated outputs is permitted. Specific commercial licensing applies to Storyblocks stock material.
“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.
Westlaw AI (Thomson Reuters)
HIGH⚠ CAUTIONMED
Full commercial use is permitted for law firm and enterprise legal deployments.
“Thomson Reuters grants you a limited license to access and make personal use of this site, subject to the Terms. This site and any portion hereof may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, downloaded, sold, resold, visited, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose withou…”
Use is restricted to personal, non-commercial purposes only. Any commercial exploitation of site content or outputs requires explicit prior written consent from Thomson Reuters, which may be withheld.
📂 Data Privacy & Governance
D
SURFACE 05
Data Privacy
Descript
HIGH⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
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“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.
Westlaw AI (Thomson Reuters)
HIGH⚠ CAUTIONMED
Westlaw AI (including CoCounsel) is an enterprise subscription product. Separate Master Subscription Agreement and DPA would govern enterprise customers. Product-specific terms not cached.
“Demographic information Age; date of birth; marriage status; gender; physical characteristics; military status; political, religious, or philosophical beliefs; sexual orientation; racial or ethnic origin; and union membershi”
TR collects special categories of personal data under GDPR Article 9 (political beliefs, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, racial/ethnic origin, union membership), which require explicit legal bases and heightened protections.
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SURFACE 06
Tier Differences
Descript
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
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“ 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.”
Westlaw AI (Thomson Reuters)
MED
Westlaw AI (including CoCounsel) is an enterprise subscription product. Separate Master Subscription Agreement and DPA would govern enterprise customers. Product-specific terms not cached.
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