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Photograph Upload — Irrevocable License to Depicted Persons

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What it is

When you upload a photo of other people to Luma, you automatically give those people a permanent, free right to use and share that photo online — a right you cannot take back.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Any person you photograph and upload to Luma gains a permanent, irrevocable right to publicly display and distribute that image online — which could affect professional photographers, event photographers, or anyone uploading images containing third parties.

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Why it matters (compliance & risk perspective)

Uploading a photo containing another person creates a binding, irrevocable legal license in favor of that person — this could have unintended consequences for photographers or anyone uploading images of others.

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If you Upload a photograph or image to the Services that includes one or more persons, you hereby grant such persons and their administrators, guardians, heirs, and trustees, if any, an irrevocable, perpetual, royalty free, fully paid-up, worldwide license to reproduce, distribute, and publicly display that photograph for personal use and through any online platform or service, but not to promote any third-party product, good, or service. The license contained in this Section does not permit the subject of any photo or their administrators, guardians, heirs, or trustees to sell that image.

Institutional analysis (Compliance & legal intelligence)

(1) REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: This provision engages right of publicity laws (varying by state — California Civil Code §3344, New York Civil Rights Law §§50-51, Texas Property Code §26.001), which govern the commercial use of a person's likeness. GDPR Art. 9 applies where photographs reveal special category data (health, ethnicity). Illinois BIPA (740 ILCS 14) applies if biometric identifiers are derived from uploaded photographs. The provision's grant of license to depicted persons is unusual and creates an unusual multi-party rights structure not common in standard platform ToS. (2)

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Applicable agencies

  • State AG
    Right of publicity violations and biometric data privacy issues (Illinois BIPA, California Civil Code §3344) arising from photograph uploads fall under State Attorney General jurisdiction.
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Luma AI Terms of Service
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Luma AI
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April 29, 2026
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URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/luma-ai/luma-ai-terms-of-service/photograph-upload-irrevocable-license-to-depicted-persons/
Accessed: May 2, 2026
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