Story.com: a perpetual licence and training on customer data
Story.com's terms state four of the six upload clauses. Licence you grant the tool: a worldwide, perpetual, sublicensable licence to exploit customer data for business purposes. Uploads used for training: customer data used to develop and train AI models, though not raw personal data. Not stated: rights warranties and visibility. 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
- Not stated in the terms read
- Licence
- Perpetual and transferable
- Training
- May be used for training
- Infringement
- A notice-and-takedown route
- Visibility
- Not stated in the terms read
- Deletion
- Kept after deletion, in some form
1What its terms say
Story.com's terms take a worldwide, perpetual, sublicensable licence to exploit customer data for business purposes, including developing and training AI models, though not with raw personal data. Customer data may be kept indefinitely in anonymised, aggregated form. Copyright complaints follow a DMCA notice.
Rights you promise to hold: Not stated in the terms read
- Terms read; not statedNot stated in the terms read (2026-09-25)
Rights you promise to hold, every tool
Licence you grant the tool: Perpetual and transferable
you grant us a worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free, sublicensable license to use, copy, modify, process, analyze, and otherwise exploit your Customer Data for our business purposes
Story.com, terms of service
- Rights in customer dataA worldwide, perpetual, sublicensable licence to exploit customer data for business purposes
Story.com on this clause · Licence you grant the tool, every tool
Uploads used for training: May be used for training
Developing and training artificial intelligence and machine learning models
Story.com, terms of service
- Rights in customer dataCustomer data used to develop and train AI models, though not raw personal data
Uploads used for training, every tool
Handling of infringement: A notice-and-takedown route
If you believe your copyrighted work has been copied and made available through the Services in a way that constitutes infringement
Story.com, terms of service
- DMCA complianceDMCA notices for copyrighted work copied through the service
Story.com on this clause · Handling of infringement, every tool
Whether uploads go public: Not stated in the terms read
- Terms read; not statedNot stated in the terms read (2026-09-25)
Whether uploads go public, every tool
What deletion does: Kept after deletion, in some form
We may retain Customer Data indefinitely in an anonymized and aggregated form
Story.com, terms of service
- Retention and deletionCustomer data may be kept indefinitely in anonymised, aggregated form
Story.com on this clause · What deletion does, every tool
2Related terms pages
A dated reading of the terms, not legal advice: method.
3Terms read
- Story.com, terms of service, read 2026-09-25