Permission for a book still in copyright

Every tool read prohibits infringing uploads or asks the user to warrant the rights. Runway, Revid and PopShort prohibit content that infringes; HeyGen bars copyrighted images uploaded without the owner's consent. As of 2026-09-25.

For a book still in copyright, permission comes from the rights holder, usually through the publisher or the author's agent.

Film and television rights are often handled apart from print rights, so the publisher of the book may not be the one to ask.

A written licence that names AI tools, the formats and the places the film may be shown avoids arguing about it later.

Inclusion rule. Readings from the three registers used on this page. Order. The order the text takes them in.

1In the sources' words

infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, right of publicity or other right of any person or entity

Runway, terms of use

Infringes or violates the intellectual property rights or any other rights of anyone else

Revid, terms

Use the Service to infringe upon the intellectual property rights of others.

PopShort, user terms

copyrighted images to the Services without the consent of the copyright owner

HeyGen, terms

• Prohibited conduct
  Content that infringes copyright or other rights must not be made availableRunway, terms of use / recorded 2026-09-25
• Use restrictions
  Content that infringes anyone's intellectual property is prohibitedRevid, terms / recorded 2026-09-25
• Prohibited uses
  Using the service to infringe others' intellectual property is prohibitedPopShort, user terms / recorded 2026-09-25
• Prohibited content
  Copyrighted images must not be uploaded without the owner's consentHeyGen, terms / recorded 2026-09-25

Filed under: Runway · Revid · PopShort · HeyGen

2From book to screen, one tool's way

Once the rights in “Permission for a book still in copyright” are settled, SceneMixer describes the adaptation itself like this:

SceneMixer separates the script language from the production language: the output (episode outlines, storyboards, on-screen text) follows your interface language, and target-region localization adapts character names, casting, and scenery for Western, East Asian, Southeast Asian, or Latin American audiences.

SceneMixer, Turn a Novel into a Video Series with AI — “Can I turn a Chinese web novel into an English-language drama?” (read 2026-10-13)

The new name is written everywhere the old one stood: storyboard lines, episode titles and summaries, the scene lists and already-parsed dialogue.

SceneMixer, Reusing a Character, Scene or Voice Across Projects — “What happens to the old name in the storyboard?” (read 2026-10-13)

3More notes

• Deleting a project, and what it does not end
• Keep the rights evidence with the project
• Check visibility before the first upload
• Keep your own copy of everything you upload