When you upload audio, video, or other content to Descript, you give the company a broad, global license to use that content, including to train its AI systems.
This analysis describes what Descript's agreement states, permits, or reserves. It does not constitute a legal determination about enforceability. Regulatory applicability and practical outcomes may vary by jurisdiction, enforcement context, and individual circumstances. Read our methodology
Your uploaded recordings, including voice and video, may be used to train Descript's AI models such as its voice cloning and transcription features, which goes beyond what is needed to simply provide you the editing service.
Interpretive note: The scope of 'biometric data' under applicable state laws and whether a general terms acceptance satisfies informed written consent requirements under BIPA and analogous statutes is legally uncertain and jurisdiction-dependent.
Your audio and video uploads, which may include your voice recordings and likeness, can be used by Descript to improve its AI products, including voice cloning technology, with implications for how your biometric data is used commercially.
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we may closely review accounts that offer the following services, products, or content: Online trading, day trading tips, and stock market related content
Paid Subscribers can select whether Content is public or private.
If Your Content is prohibited under the laws of any jurisdiction where our Services are available, we may remove it even if it is not illegal in your location.
"By submitting, posting or displaying Content on or through the Services, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish, transmit, display and distribute such Content in any and all media or distribution methods now known or later developed. You agree that this license includes the right for Descript to use your Content to provide, improve, and develop the Services, including training machine learning models.Excerpt from Descript's Terms of Service
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision implicates GDPR Article 6 (lawful basis for processing) and Article 9 (special category data, which may include biometric data processed to identify individuals) for EU users.
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Your uploaded recordings, including voice and video, may be used to train Descript's AI models such as its voice cloning and transcription features, which goes beyond what is needed to simply provide you the editing service.
Your audio and video uploads, which may include your voice recordings and likeness, can be used by Descript to improve its AI products, including voice cloning technology, with implications for how your biometric data is used commercially.
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