Descript upload terms
Descript's terms state four of the six upload clauses. Rights you promise to hold: only content you have all the rights to post may be shared. Uploads used for training: voice training audio may be added, de-identified, to research datasets that train its voice technology. Not stated: licences and deletion. As of 2026-09-25.
| Tool | Training |
|---|---|
| Animaker | Not stated in the terms read |
| CapCut | Not stated in the terms read |
| Descript | May be used for training |
| Fliki | Not stated in the terms read |
| Hedra | Not stated in the terms read |
| HeyGen | May be used for training |
| Higgsfield | May be used for training |
| invideo | Kept out of training |
| Kling AI | Not stated in the terms read |
| Krea | Not stated in the terms read |
| Krikey AI | May be used for training |
| Luma | Used during paid use |
| MagicLight | Not stated in the terms read |
| OpenArt | Not stated in the terms read |
| Pictory | Used in aggregate to improve the service |
| Pika | Not stated in the terms read |
| PopShort | Not stated in the terms read |
| Revid | Not stated in the terms read |
| Runway | May be used for training |
| SceneMixer | Kept out of training |
| Story.com | May be used for training |
| Topview | Used unless you opt out |
| Vidu | May be used for training |
| Vyond | Kept out of training |
Inclusion rule. All 24 tools on the register, each with what its terms say about training on uploads. Order. Alphabetical by tool name.
- Warranty
- You warrant you hold the rights
- Licence
- Not stated in the terms read
- Training
- May be used for training
- Infringement
- Repeat infringers removed
- Visibility
- Public only if you share it
- Deletion
- Not stated in the terms read
1What its terms say
Descript's terms let users share only content they have all the rights to post, and terminate the accounts of repeat infringers under its DMCA policy. Projects become public only when the user designates them so. Voice training audio may be added, de-identified, to research datasets that train its voice technology.
Rights you promise to hold: You warrant you hold the rights
You may post or otherwise share only User Content that you have all necessary rights to post or share on the Descript Service.
Descript, terms of service
- User contentOnly content you have all the rights to post may be shared
Descript on this clause · Rights you promise to hold, every tool
Licence you grant the tool: Not stated in the terms read
- Terms read; not statedNot stated in the terms read (2026-09-25)
Licence you grant the tool, every tool
Uploads used for training: May be used for training
as part of our research datasets to analyze, maintain, train, and improve our voice technology
Descript, terms of service
- AI speakersVoice training audio may be added, de-identified, to research datasets that train its voice technology
Descript on this clause · Uploads used for training, every tool
Handling of infringement: Repeat infringers removed
we have adopted a policy of terminating, in appropriate circumstances and at our sole discretion, the accounts of users who are deemed to be repeat infringers
Descript, terms of service
- Copyright complaintsAccounts of repeat infringers terminated under its DMCA policy
Descript on this clause · Handling of infringement, every tool
Whether uploads go public: Public only if you share it
including if you designate a Project as “public”
Descript, terms of service
- ConfidentialityProjects become public only when you designate them so
Whether uploads go public, every tool
What deletion does: Not stated in the terms read
- Terms read; not statedNot stated in the terms read (2026-09-25)
What deletion does, every tool
2Related terms pages
A dated reading of the terms, not legal advice: method.
3Terms read
- Descript, terms of service, read 2026-09-25