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What decides whether a book can be adapted

Descript: rights you promise to hold

What Descript's terms say about what you promise about the rights in your uploads: only content you have all the rights to post may be shared. As of 2026-09-25.

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

1What “you warrant you hold the rights” means here

An express warranty is a promise the tool relies on without checking it. If it proves untrue, the claim lands on the person who made it. For a book, that means settling the copyright question and the edition question before the first upload.

2Other tools with this reading

Animaker, CapCut, Fliki, HeyGen, Higgsfield, invideo, Krea, Luma, MagicLight, OpenArt, Runway and SceneMixer have the same reading, which makes 13 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

For a book, the promise covers the text itself. If the novel is still in copyright where you work, or the edition you copied carries restrictions of its own, the promise is broken the moment the file goes up, whatever the tool does with it afterwards.

4Descript on the other clauses

  • Licence you grant the tool: Not stated in the terms read
  • Uploads used for training: May be used for training
  • Handling of infringement: Repeat infringers removed
  • Whether uploads go public: Public only if you share it
  • What deletion does: Not stated in the terms read
Warranty: every tool, this one in boldOpen: not stated in the terms read.Warranty: every tool, this one in boldReadingAnimaker — Reading: You warrant you hold the rightsAnimakerCapCut — Reading: You warrant you hold the rightsCapCutDescript — Reading: You warrant you hold the rightsDescriptFliki — Reading: You warrant you hold the rightsFlikiHedra — Reading: Not stated in the terms readHedraHeyGen — Reading: You warrant you hold the rightsHeyGenHiggsfield — Reading: You warrant you hold the rightsHiggsfieldinvideo — Reading: You warrant you hold the rightsinvideoKling AI — Reading: You are responsible for your contentKling AIKrea — Reading: You warrant you hold the rightsKreaKrikey AI — Reading: Not stated in the terms readKrikey AILuma — Reading: You warrant you hold the rightsLumaMagicLight — Reading: You warrant you hold the rightsMagicLightOpenArt — Reading: You warrant you hold the rightsOpenArtPictory — Reading: Not stated in the terms readPictoryPika — Reading: Not stated in the terms readPikaPopShort — Reading: Not stated in the terms readPopShortRevid — Reading: You are responsible for your contentRevidRunway — Reading: You warrant you hold the rightsRunwaySceneMixer — Reading: You warrant you hold the rightsSceneMixerStory.com — Reading: Not stated in the terms readStory.comTopview — Reading: You are responsible for your contentTopviewVidu — Reading: You are responsible for your contentViduVyond — Reading: Not stated in the terms readVyond
Fig. 1 Open: not stated in the terms read.
Rights you promise to hold, all 24 tools, read 2026-09-25.
ToolReading
AnimakerYou warrant you hold the rights
CapCutYou warrant you hold the rights
DescriptYou warrant you hold the rights
FlikiYou warrant you hold the rights
HedraNot stated in the terms read
HeyGenYou warrant you hold the rights
HiggsfieldYou warrant you hold the rights
invideoYou warrant you hold the rights
Kling AIYou are responsible for your content
KreaYou warrant you hold the rights
Krikey AINot stated in the terms read
LumaYou warrant you hold the rights
MagicLightYou warrant you hold the rights
OpenArtYou warrant you hold the rights
PictoryNot stated in the terms read
PikaNot stated in the terms read
PopShortNot stated in the terms read
RevidYou are responsible for your content
RunwayYou warrant you hold the rights
SceneMixerYou warrant you hold the rights
Story.comNot stated in the terms read
TopviewYou are responsible for your content
ViduYou are responsible for your content
VyondNot 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.

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