Change record
CA-X-002406
Midjourney Terms of Service
Entity
Date detected
May 28, 2026
Effective date
May 27, 2026
Severity
Direction
Negative
Taxonomy
Content licensing change
Changes
+11 sentences added · 1 sentence modified

Impact Summary

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Medium Negative for users
Affected users
All users Content creators Translators

Midjourney added a new Community Localization program that allows users to submit translations of the platform. By submitting translations, users grant Midjourney irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide rights to use, modify, monetize, and create derivative works from those translations without compensation or attribution. Users represent they have all necessary rights to submit the translations and that doing so will not violate third-party intellectual property or privacy rights.

1 new obligation

Users submitting translations: If you submit a translation, you are legally confirming you own the rights to it and that it does not infringe anyone else's intellectual property or privacy.

Users submitting translations: Once you submit a translation, Midjourney owns it completely and can use it, change it, sell it, or license it to others forever, without paying you or crediting you.

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What this means for you

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The updated terms establish a Community Localization program through which users can submit translations of the Midjourney platform. By submitting translations, users irrevocably assign all intellectual property rights, title, and interest in those translations to Midjourney, including the right to modify, monetize, create derivative works, and publicly display them. Users receive no compensation or attribution for their contributions. Midjourney may suspend or terminate participation in the program at any time for any reason.

What you can do

→ Review the Community Localization terms before submitting any translations to understand that all IP rights transfer to Midjourney.

→ Ensure you hold all necessary rights to any translations you submit and that they do not infringe third-party intellectual property or privacy rights.

Key Clauses Affected

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Community Localization IP Assignment

Users irrevocably assign all intellectual property rights in submitted translations to Midjourney, granting perpetual, worldwide, exclusive, sublicensable, transferable, royalty-free rights to use, modify, monetize, and create derivative works without compensation or attribution.

User Warranties and Representations

Users must represent and warrant they hold all necessary rights to submit translations and that submissions do not violate third-party intellectual property, privacy, publicity rights, or applicable law.

Midjourney Discretionary Control

Midjourney may use, modify, reject, remove, or stop use of any translations at any time for any reason, and may suspend or terminate user participation in the program at any time for any reason.

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Evidence Verification

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Previous Version
d48a7e764382475cc80e60a84e8a5534e55c4afcc5ca074b0b4387fa4859350c
May 2, 2026 06:06 UTC
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Current Version
35c820e6abb3b3ecae451d54cc8d424846f4c0136aa6af0471b9fd126fe19f65
May 28, 2026 00:08 UTC
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Change Detected
May 28, 2026 00:08 UTC
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Analysis Methodology
Record history

Wording edits to this record that do not change what it claims. Changes to a claim are published as corrections.

2026-10-11 · Feed summary edited · summary regenerated by summarize_events
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Adds Community Localization program requiring users to assign all translation rights to Midjourney royalty-free.
2026-10-11 · Impact summary edited · summary regenerated by summarize_events
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The updated terms establish a Community Localization program that permits users to submit translations and localization content. By submitting translations, users irrevocably assign all rights, title, and interest (including intellectual property and moral rights waiver where applicable) to Midjourney. The terms state that Midjourney may use, modify, monetize, or reject translations for any reason, and may suspend or terminate participation at any time. Users provide translations voluntarily without expectation of compensation or attribution. You can choose whether or not to participate in the Community Localization program; submission of translations is optional and governed by these new terms.
2026-10-11 · Summary edited · summary regenerated by summarize_events
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Midjourney added a new Community Localization program section to its Terms of Service on May 28, 2026. The updated terms establish that users may submit translations and localization content, and by doing so, they irrevocably assign all rights, title, and interest in those translations to Midjourney, with no compensation or attribution required. The company may use, modify, reject, or monetize submitted translations at any time and for any reason.
2026-10-07 · Change line edited · change line rewritten to the 2026-10-07 template: no detection date, no sentence counts
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Midjourney updated their Midjourney Terms of Service on May 28, 2026. Change detected: 11 sentence(s) added, 1 sentence(s) modified. Document contained 169 sentences after update.
Citation Record
Entity: Midjourney
Document: Midjourney Terms of Service
Record ID: CA-X-002406
Version: CA-V-003057
Captured: 2026-05-28 00:08:08 UTC
URL: https://conductatlas.com/change/2026-05-28-midjourney-midjourney-terms-of-service-2406/
Accessed: Oct. 21, 2026
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Institutional Analysis

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Assessment

Midjourney introduced a user-generated translation program with broad IP assignment terms. The change requires users to warrant they hold all necessary rights to submitted content and that submissions do not violate third-party IP, privacy, or …

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Document
Midjourney Terms of Service
Entity
Midjourney
Captured
May 28, 2026
Source URL
https://docs.midjourney.com/docs/terms-of-service
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