You are not allowed to use Midjourney to build competing products, reverse engineer how the service works, use bots or automated tools to generate images, resell access, share accounts, or hold multiple accounts.
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The agreement prohibits a range of commercial and technical activities including automated access, competitive development, and account sharing, violations of which may result in account suspension or termination under the agreement's enforcement provisions.
Interpretive note: The scope of 'competitive products or services' is not defined in the agreement, creating ambiguity about which business use cases fall within the prohibition; EU reverse engineering rights may limit enforceability of that restriction in certain jurisdictions.
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Users who employ automated tools, share accounts, or use the service to develop competing products risk account suspension or permanent ban under these terms; the one-account-per-user restriction limits certain collaborative or workflow-automation use cases.
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"You may not access or use the Services for purposes of developing or offering competitive products or services. You may not reverse engineer the Services or the Assets. You may not use automated tools to access, interact with, or generate Assets through the Services. You may not resell or redistribute the Services or access to the Service. Only one user may use the Services per registered account. Each user of the Services may only have one account.— Excerpt from Midjourney's Midjourney Terms of Service
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Prohibitions on automated access and reverse engineering engage the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) in the US, which may impose civil and criminal liability for unauthorized computer access. The enforceability of reverse engineering prohibitions in consumer software contracts has been subject to legal scrutiny, including under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's anti-circumvention provisions and under EU software directive provisions permitting certain reverse engineering for interoperability. The FTC Act may be relevant to the breadth of restrictions imposed on consumer use. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The prohibition on automated access is common in AI service agreements and reflects operational and quality concerns stated in the document. The competitive use prohibition is broader in scope and may affect businesses in adjacent industries; its enforceability as a contractual restriction depends on how broadly 'competitive products or services' is defined, which the agreement does not specify. JURISDICTION FLAGS: EU software directive provisions permit certain reverse engineering for interoperability purposes that may not be contractually waived. The enforceability of broad competitive use restrictions in consumer contracts varies by jurisdiction. The CFAA's application to terms-of-service violations has been narrowed by recent US court decisions, though contractual remedies remain available. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Organizations considering using Midjourney as part of a product development workflow should assess whether their use case falls within the competitive products prohibition. API integration or workflow automation use cases may implicate the automated access restriction and should be evaluated before deployment. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Legal teams for organizations in AI, media, or creative technology sectors should assess whether their intended use of Midjourney falls within the competitive use prohibition. Internal acceptable use policies should address the one-account-per-user and no-automation requirements.
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The agreement prohibits a range of commercial and technical activities including automated access, competitive development, and account sharing, violations of which may result in account suspension or termination under the agreement's enforcement provisions.
Users who employ automated tools, share accounts, or use the service to develop competing products risk account suspension or permanent ban under these terms; the one-account-per-user restriction limits certain collaborative or workflow-automation use cases.
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