Runway: licence you grant the tool

On the licence you grant over your uploads, Runway's terms read: an irrevocable, perpetual, transferable and sublicensable licence to inputs and outputs. As of 2026-09-25.

you hereby grant to the Company a non-exclusive, irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free, fully paid, transferable, sublicensable right and license to use any Inputs and Outputs

Runway, terms of use

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  An irrevocable, perpetual, transferable and sublicensable licence to inputs and outputsRunway, terms of use / recorded 2026-09-25

1What “perpetual and transferable” means here

A perpetual, transferable licence outlives your account and can move to another company. Deleting a project does not end it unless the terms say it does.

2Other tools with this reading

CapCut, Hedra, OpenArt, Story.com and Vidu have the same reading, which makes 6 of the 24 tools.

This is how the clause reads on its face; how a court would read it is a separate matter.

3Why it matters for a book

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.

4Runway on the other clauses

• Rights you promise to hold: You warrant you hold the rights
• Uploads used for training: May be used for training
• Handling of infringement: Infringing uploads prohibited
• Whether uploads go public: Public only if you share it
• What deletion does: Not stated in the terms read

Inclusion rule. Every tool on the register, with or without its own page on this clause. Order. Alphabetical by tool name.

5More on this clause

• Runway, all six clauses
• Licence you grant the tool, every tool
• PopShort on this clause
• Story.com on this clause