Your Midjourney subscription renews automatically and your payment method is charged again unless you cancel before the renewal date.
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The clause establishes an automatic renewal mechanism with a cancellation-dependent opt-out structure. This places the burden of subscription management on the user to affirmatively cancel rather than on Midjourney to obtain affirmative renewal consent.
Midjourney removed substantial sections from its Terms of Service covering age requirements, content rights, DMCA policy, dispute resolution, payment and billing, and community guidelines. The removal of these section headers and their substantive content means users no longer have explicit written guidance on these critical areas within the primary terms document. This creates operational uncertainty about what terms now govern these areas: whether they were relocated to separate policies, consolidated elsewhere, or eliminated entirely cannot be determined from this change summary alone. The absence of explicit terms on dispute resolution, age verification, and content rights represents a material change in contractual transparency.
View change record →Subscribers who do not actively cancel before their renewal date will be automatically charged for another billing cycle, and the terms place full responsibility for timely cancellation on the user.
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Your subscription will automatically renew at the end of each subscription period unless you cancel your subscription before the renewal date. You authorize Skillshare to charge your payment method on a recurring basis for the subscription fee.
Some of our Services require payment of fees. If you sign up for a paid subscription, you agree to pay the applicable fees. Subscriptions automatically renew unless you cancel before the renewal date.
Subscriptions shall automatically renew for successive terms equal to the expiring term unless either party provides written notice of non-renewal at least thirty (30) days prior to the end of the then-current term. Customer agrees to pay all fees specified in the applicable Order Form.
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"Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled before the renewal date. By subscribing to a paid plan, you authorize Midjourney to charge your payment method on a recurring basis at the then-current subscription fee. You are responsible for canceling your subscription before renewal if you do not wish to be charged.— Excerpt from Midjourney's Midjourney Terms of Service
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Auto-renewal billing practices engage the FTC's Negative Option Rule and state auto-renewal laws, including California's Automatic Renewal Law (ARL), which requires clear disclosure, affirmative consent, and easy cancellation mechanisms. The FTC has increased enforcement activity against subscription services that make cancellation difficult. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. Auto-renewal is standard in subscription software, but the adequacy of disclosure at point of signup and the accessibility of the cancellation mechanism are key compliance variables. Non-compliance with California's ARL can result in the subscription being deemed an unenforceable gift. JURISDICTION FLAGS: California's Automatic Renewal Law imposes specific disclosure and cancellation requirements that may create heightened compliance obligations. EU consumers have rights under the Consumer Rights Directive regarding pre-contractual information for digital service subscriptions. New York and other states have enacted similar auto-renewal disclosure statutes. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Enterprise procurement teams should verify that Midjourney's renewal notification and cancellation mechanisms meet applicable state law standards before deploying at scale. The billing authorization granted under this clause should be reviewed for scope relative to price change notifications. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Legal teams should assess whether Midjourney's pre-purchase disclosure of auto-renewal terms satisfies the FTC Negative Option Rule and California ARL requirements. Consumers who were not clearly notified of auto-renewal may have grounds to dispute charges through their payment provider.
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The clause establishes an automatic renewal mechanism with a cancellation-dependent opt-out structure. This places the burden of subscription management on the user to affirmatively cancel rather than on Midjourney to obtain affirmative renewal consent.
Subscribers who do not actively cancel before their renewal date will be automatically charged for another billing cycle, and the terms place full responsibility for timely cancellation on the user.
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