Licence to uploads: what a tool may do with your text
A licence to uploads is the permission a user grants a tool to store, process and otherwise use what is uploaded. It is permission, not a transfer of ownership. As of 2026-09-25.
The licences read range widely. invideo's is limited to hosting and processing content solely as needed to provide the service; Topview's is limited, non-transferable and non-sublicensable, except to service providers; OpenArt's is perpetual, sublicensable and transferable.
The words that change its reach are the adjectives: perpetual, irrevocable, transferable, sublicensable. Each widens the permission in a different direction.
The purpose clause matters as much. A licence to run the service is narrower than one to improve, promote or develop it.
Reading a licence means reading both the adjectives and the purpose together.
| Source | Covers | What it says |
|---|---|---|
| invideo | Licence | A licence to host, store and process content solely to provide the service |
| Topview | Licence | A limited, non-transferable licence to host, process and display content |
| OpenArt | Licence | A perpetual, sublicensable, transferable licence to operate the services |
Inclusion rule. Readings from the three registers used on this page. Order. The order the text takes them in.
1In the sources' words
You grant Invideo a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to host, store, reproduce and process your User Content solely as reasonably necessary to provide the Services to you
invideo, terms and conditions
You grant TopView a limited, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, non-transferable, and non-sublicensable (except to service providers acting on our behalf) license to host, store, process, transmit, and display …
Topview, terms
you grant OpenArt a worldwide, non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free, fully paid, sublicensable, and transferable license
OpenArt, terms
- Licence you grantA licence to host, store and process content solely to provide the service
- Limited licenceA limited, non-transferable licence to host, process and display content
- Licence to user contentA perpetual, sublicensable, transferable licence to operate the services
Filed under: invideo · Topview · OpenArt
2Turning the book into episodes
Once the rights in “Licence to uploads” 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 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)