Questions: adapting a book with AI

Each question starts from something an adapter needs to know, whether a book is free, where to get the text, what a tool does with an upload, and lists the sources that answer it. As of 2026-09-25.

Answers list sources in order, each linked to the page it quotes.

Four of the questions are about the book: how long copyright lasts, where the U.S. line falls, what the text libraries attach to their files, and whether a Project Gutenberg text can be used outside the U.S.

Each question links to the register it draws on.

None of the answers is legal advice; each points to the text that governs.

1Pages here

• Are uploads to AI video tools public? — Six tools' terms say whether uploads go public
• Can an AI video tool close an account over infringement? — Six tools' terms say so
• Can you upload a book still in copyright? — The terms read point one way: not without the rights holder's permission
• Do AI video tools make you promise you own the text? — Most do
• Do public-domain ebook files carry their own terms? — They differ by library
• Does an AI tool's licence end when you delete a project? — Not on these terms
• How do you report copyright infringement to an AI tool? — Of the 24, 12 name a notice route
• How long does copyright in a book last? — In all six jurisdictions read, the general term for a book is the author's life plus 70 years
• Is a Project Gutenberg text usable outside the U.S.? — Not automatically
• What do AI tool terms say about training on uploads? — Of the 24, 13 say something
• What happens to uploads when you delete them? — Eleven tools' terms say what deletion does
• Which AI video tools keep uploads out of training? — Three say so plainly
• Which AI video tools take a lasting licence to uploads? — Runway, OpenArt, CapCut, Vidu, Story.com and Hedra take perpetual licences, most of them transferable
• Which books are public domain in the United States? — Every work published in the United States before January 1, 1931 is in the public domain there

2The other registers

• Copyright terms
• Text libraries
• AI tool terms
• Upload clauses
• Pairs
• Words
• Notes
• Data

3The adaptation step in practice

Once the rights in “Questions” are settled, SceneMixer describes the adaptation itself like this:

The spoken lines and the end card follow your interface language across fifteen dialogue languages, with the cast and setting adapted to that market. The end card falls back to a language it can typeset when a script needs shaping or right-to-left layout.

SceneMixer, AI Ad Video Generator — “Which languages can the ad be in?” (read 2026-10-13)

The lines are re-heard and written in the language your project is set to, and the finished episode is spoken by the voices attached to your own characters.

SceneMixer, How to Remake a Video with AI — “Can I remake something in a different language?” (read 2026-10-13)