Captured before automated identity checks (Oct 14, 2026): accurate as of its capture on May 5, 2026; our capture on Oct 17, 2026 found the same text, but its identity was not checked by them.
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“IN NO EVENT SHALL OUR AGGREGATE LIABILITY...EXCEED THE GREATER OF $10.00 OR THE COMPENSATION YOU PAY, IF ANY, TO US FOR ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE DESCRIPT SERVICE GIVING RISE TO YOUR CLAIM.”
“You hereby grant to us a perpetual, irrevocable, nonexclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable, fully paid, worldwide license to create derivative works from, access, reproduce, distribute, process, publish, display, perform, adapt, modify, analyze...”
“ALL CLAIMS AND DISPUTES WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THIS SECTION MUST BE ARBITRATED OR LITIGATED ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND NOT ON A CLASS BASIS, AND CLAIMS OF MORE THAN ONE USER CANNOT BE ARBITRATED OR LITIGATED JOINTLY OR CONSOLIDATED...”
“A "Consenting Speaker" is a person (including you) that has given both you and Descript permission to use recordings of their voice to train an AI Voice and to synthesize and otherwise use their voice as described herein.”
“Feedback In the event that you provide us with any questions, comments, suggestions, opinions, observations, usage information, or feedback on the Descript Service, including ideas for improvements, enhancements and other changes (collectively the “Feedback”), you agree that such Feedback is the confidential information of ours and we are the sole owner of all Feedback, including all patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret and other intellectual property rights therein, and may use and implement such...”
“We reserve the right to delete or block access to any User Content at any time and for any reason in its sole discretion, including if it receives any notices or otherwise believes that such User Content may be in violation of these Terms...”
These terms give Descript broad, permanent rights to use content you submit — including to train its AI — unless you opt out. Descript can terminate or suspend your account at any time, without notice or cause, and can delete your content at its sole discretion. If something goes wrong, Descript's maximum financial responsibility to you is $10.00 (or what you paid for the service), and any dispute must be handled individually through arbitration, not a class action.
Descript's Terms of Service establish the contractual framework governing user access to and use of the Descript Service. Descript grants users a limited, revocable, nontransferable, non-sublicensable license for personal or internal business use, while receiving a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide license to create derivative works from, reproduce, distribute, modify, and sublicense user-submitted content. The document imposes a dual-consent requirement before any voice may be used to train or synthesize an AI Voice, and prohibits non-consensual voice cloning. Liability is capped at the greater of $10.00 or fees paid for the service at issue, with indirect, consequential, and punitive damages excluded entirely. All covered disputes must be resolved through individual binding arbitration following a mandatory 30-day informal resolution period, with class and consolidated proceedings expressly waived.
Content you submit to Descript is subject to a perpetual, irrevocable license that survives account deletion, and by default Descript uses your inputs and outputs to train its AI models. You can opt out of that AI training use — doing so is the specific action available to you under the terms. Any feedback you provide to Descript becomes Descript's sole intellectual property. Your account can be terminated at any time without notice or stated reason, and your stored content can be deleted at Descript's sole discretion. If you have a dispute, you must contact Descript first and allow 30 days for informal resolution before proceeding to binding individual arbitration.
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“IN NO EVENT SHALL OUR AGGREGATE LIABILITY...EXCEED THE GREATER OF $10.00 OR THE COMPENSATION YOU PAY, IF ANY, TO US FOR ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE DESCRIPT SERVICE GIVING RISE TO YOUR CLAIM.”
“You hereby grant to us a perpetual, irrevocable, nonexclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable, fully paid, worldwide license to create derivative works from, access, reproduce, distribute, process, publish, display, perform, adapt, modify, analyze...”
“ALL CLAIMS AND DISPUTES WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THIS SECTION MUST BE ARBITRATED OR LITIGATED ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND NOT ON A CLASS BASIS, AND CLAIMS OF MORE THAN ONE USER CANNOT BE ARBITRATED OR LITIGATED JOINTLY OR CONSOLIDATED...”
“A "Consenting Speaker" is a person (including you) that has given both you and Descript permission to use recordings of their voice to train an AI Voice and to synthesize and otherwise use their voice as described herein.”
“Feedback In the event that you provide us with any questions, comments, suggestions, opinions, observations, usage information, or feedback on the Descript Service, including ideas for improvements, enhancements and other changes (collectively the “Feedback”), you agree that such Feedback is …”
“We reserve the right to delete or block access to any User Content at any time and for any reason in its sole discretion, including if it receives any notices or otherwise believes that such User Content may be in …”
“we reserve the right, without notice and in our sole discretion, to terminate or suspend your account and your license to use the Descript Service, and to block or prevent future your access to and use of the Descript Service …”
“This includes use by Descript to train, improve, and develop its models and technologies (unless you have opted out of such use) and the Descript Service and for other research and development purposes.”
“IN NO EVENT WILL WE BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER THIRD PARTY FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF DATA, LOST REVENUES, LOST BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES...”
“Subject to these Terms, we hereby grant to you a limited, nonexclusive, nontransferable, non-sub-licensable, revocable license to access and use the Descript Service for your own personal or internal business use.”
“for any Dispute that you have against us, you agree to first contact us and attempt to resolve the claim informally...If you and us cannot reach an agreement to resolve the Dispute within thirty (30) days...either party may submit the …”
“consists of Training Audio you are not authorized to use and share with Descript or that attempts to clone or imitate the voice of a non-consenting speaker using our technology”
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