Upload clause: licence you grant the tool
20 of the 24 tools' terms state licences. The reading heard most often is “Perpetual and transferable”, from 6. Each tool's reading is set out below beside the words of its terms. As of 2026-09-25.
| Tool | Reading | In the terms |
|---|---|---|
| Animaker | Worldwide, transferable and sublicensable | A worldwide, transferable and sublicensable licence to process submissions |
| CapCut | Perpetual and transferable | A perpetual, worldwide, transferable and sublicensable licence over user content |
| Descript | Not stated in the terms read | Not stated in the terms read (2026-09-25) |
| Fliki | Broad, including improvement | A licence to use content to operate, improve and promote the service and develop new products |
| Hedra | Perpetual and transferable | A perpetual, irrevocable, transferable and sublicensable licence over your content |
| HeyGen | Broad, including improvement | A licence to use content to operate, improve, promote and provide the services |
| Higgsfield | Broad, including improvement | The same licence as for other content, applied to inputs and outputs |
| invideo | Limited to running the service | A licence to host, store and process content solely to provide the service |
| Kling AI | Not stated in the terms read | Not stated in the terms read (2026-09-25) |
| Krea | Limited to running the service | Rights to display submissions and allow their use within the services |
| Krikey AI | Worldwide, transferable and sublicensable | A worldwide, transferable licence with the right to sublicense, including for marketing |
| Luma | Broad, including improvement | An irrevocable, sublicensable licence to use input provided during a paid subscription |
| MagicLight | Not stated in the terms read | Not stated in the terms read (2026-09-25) |
| OpenArt | Perpetual and transferable | A perpetual, sublicensable, transferable licence to operate the services |
| Pictory | Limited to running the service | A limited licence to make your content available to you through the platform |
| Pika | Worldwide, transferable and sublicensable | A worldwide, transferable and sublicensable licence over submitted content |
| PopShort | Broad, including improvement | A sublicensable, transferable licence to use content to operate, improve and promote the service |
| Revid | Not stated in the terms read | Not stated in the terms read (2026-09-25) |
| Runway | Perpetual and transferable | An irrevocable, perpetual, transferable and sublicensable licence to inputs and outputs |
| SceneMixer | Limited to running the service | A licence solely to run the service, content-safety review and de-identified quality work |
| Story.com | Perpetual and transferable | A worldwide, perpetual, sublicensable licence to exploit customer data for business purposes |
| Topview | Limited and non-transferable | A limited, non-transferable licence to host, process and display content |
| Vidu | Perpetual and transferable | A perpetual, irrevocable, transferable and sublicensable licence over submitted content |
| Vyond | Limited to running the service | A licence over customer content solely as needed to provide the service |
Inclusion rule. All 24 tools on the register. Order. Alphabetical by tool name.
1What this clause covers
This clause records the licence you grant the tool over what you upload. 5 limit it to running the service, 1 make it limited and non-transferable, 5 make it broad enough to cover improving or promoting the service, 6 make it perpetual and transferable, 3 make it worldwide, transferable and sublicensable without saying perpetual, and 4 state none in the terms read.
A licence is permission you give, not ownership you hand over. What changes from tool to tool is how long the permission lasts, whether it can pass to another company, and what the tool may do with a manuscript beyond making your video.
2Readings and the tools behind them
- Limited to running the service: invideo, Krea, Pictory, SceneMixer and Vyond
- Limited and non-transferable: Topview
- Broad, including improvement: Fliki, HeyGen, Higgsfield, Luma and PopShort
- Perpetual and transferable: CapCut, Hedra, OpenArt, Runway, Story.com and Vidu
- Worldwide, transferable and sublicensable: Animaker, Krikey AI and Pika
- Not stated in the terms read: Descript, Kling AI, MagicLight and Revid
3Single-tool pages on this clause
- Animaker — Worldwide, transferable and sublicensable
- CapCut — Perpetual and transferable
- Fliki — Broad, including improvement
- Hedra — Perpetual and transferable
- HeyGen — Broad, including improvement
- Higgsfield — Broad, including improvement
- invideo — Limited to running the service
- Krea — Limited to running the service
- Krikey AI — Worldwide, transferable and sublicensable
- Luma — Broad, including improvement
- OpenArt — Perpetual and transferable
- Pictory — Limited to running the service
- Pika — Worldwide, transferable and sublicensable
- PopShort — Broad, including improvement
- Runway — Perpetual and transferable
- Story.com — Perpetual and transferable
- Topview — Limited and non-transferable
- Vidu — Perpetual and transferable
- Vyond — Limited to running the service
4The other clauses
Rights you promise to hold · Uploads used for training · Handling of infringement · Whether uploads go public · What deletion does