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HeyGen carries highly permissive license terms; DreamStudio (Stability AI) carries highly permissive license terms.FOR ENTERPRISE: HEYGEN NOT RECOMMENDED · DREAMSTUDIO (STABILITY AI) NOT RECOMMENDED
| RISK SURFACE | HEYGEN | DREAMSTUDIO (STABILITY AI) |
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| OOutput Ownership | ||
| TModel Training | ||
| CCommercial Use | ||
| DData Privacy | ||
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“HeyGen does not claim to own any of Your Content and by using the Services and uploading or generating Your Content, you grant us a license to access, use, host, cache, store, reproduce, transmit, display, publish, distribute, and modify Your Content to operate, improve, promote…”
Despite not claiming ownership, HeyGen takes a broad, royalty-free, transferable, sublicensable, worldwide, and irrevocable license over all user inputs. The license survives termination, meaning revoking access does not end HeyGen's rights to previously submitted content.
“ You may submit text, images, or other inputs or prompts (“Inputs”) to our Services to generate corresponding outputs (“Outputs”) that are based on your Inputs. ”
“All Feedback becomes the sole and exclusive property of HeyGen, and HeyGen may use and disclose Feedback in any manner and for any purpose whatsoever without further notice or compensation to you and without retention by you of any proprietary or other right or claim. You hereby…”
Any feedback submitted—including suggestions, comments, or improvements—is irrevocably assigned to HeyGen with no compensation. Includes patent rights, trade secrets, and moral rights waiver.
“ Our Services are owned, operated, and provided by us and our affiliates, licensors, distributors, and service providers (collectively “Providers”). We and our Providers retain all of our respective rights, title, and interest, including intellectual property rights, in and to ou…”
“you grant us a license to access, use, host, cache, store, reproduce, transmit, display, publish, distribute, and modify Your Content to operate, improve, promote and provide the Services and to develop new services and products, including to train or otherwise improve or modify…”
User content (inputs and outputs) from paid plan users is explicitly licensed for AI model training. This is opt-in by default with no clear opt-out mechanism mentioned.
“ a. For Trainers of LoRAs ”
“User Output generated under a Free Plan may not be sold, sublicensed, redistributed, monetized, or used in connection with commercial activities, advertising, client work, revenue-generating product or any other services.”
Complete prohibition on commercial use of outputs for free plan users, including advertising, client work, and revenue-generating activities.
“ To develop products or services that compete with our Services, including to develop or train any artificial intelligence, machine learning algorithms, or models, or resell our Services, except as expressly approved by Stability. ”
“Some of the features of the Services require us to process parts of faces or bodies within a video or photo, and this may include face imagery. The information we use for this process is used to create and personalize avatars. See our Biometric Information Privacy Notice for furt…”
Biometric data (face imagery, body data) is collected and processed. This triggers heightened legal obligations under BIPA (Illinois), CCPA sensitive data rules, and GDPR Article 9.
“Our Services may use or be used in connection with third-party software, services, or integrations. By using our Services, you acknowledge that your Input, including any personal data you include within that Input, may be shared with such third-party service to enable functionali…”
Personal data included in inputs may be shared with unspecified third-party services. The disclosure is broad and does not enumerate which third parties or limit the scope of sharing.
“ (d) Refunds and Exchanges. Payments are non-refundable, except where required by law.”
“ Non-Refundable . Service credits are not currency and are not redeemable for money or any sum of monetary value. Service credits are non-refundable and may be used only in connection with the applicable Service. ”