You cannot use Perplexity to produce content that copies or violates someone else's copyrights, trademarks, or other intellectual property.
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This provision places responsibility on users not to use Perplexity to generate infringing content, which is significant given ongoing legal uncertainty about AI-generated content and copyright law.
Interpretive note: The legal standards for AI-generated content and copyright infringement are actively litigated and unsettled, creating ambiguity about the practical scope of this prohibition.
Users who generate content that infringes third-party intellectual property rights violate this policy; however, the boundary between infringing and non-infringing AI-generated content is legally unsettled, creating uncertainty about what uses are actually prohibited.
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"You may not use the Services to infringe upon the intellectual property rights of others, including using the Services to generate content that violates copyrights, trademarks, or other proprietary rights.— Excerpt from Perplexity AI's Perplexity Acceptable Use Policy
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages the Copyright Act, Lanham Act (trademarks), and DMCA, enforced through civil litigation and, in some cases, DOJ criminal prosecution for willful infringement. The FTC may be relevant if trademarked material is used in deceptive commercial communications. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The legal standards for AI-generated content and copyright infringement are actively litigated and unsettled. The provision as drafted places the compliance burden on users without specifying how users should assess whether generated content is infringing, which may create practical challenges. JURISDICTION FLAGS: Copyright law applies broadly across US and international jurisdictions, but AI-specific copyright questions are being litigated in US federal courts with no definitive Supreme Court guidance as of this analysis. EU copyright law (including the Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive) creates additional complexity for EU users. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Enterprise customers using Perplexity for content generation should implement review workflows to assess IP exposure in outputs, particularly where generated content may reproduce substantial portions of third-party works. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Legal teams should monitor ongoing AI copyright litigation and assess whether enterprise content generation use cases require indemnification provisions from Perplexity not present in the AUP.
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This provision places responsibility on users not to use Perplexity to generate infringing content, which is significant given ongoing legal uncertainty about AI-generated content and copyright law.
Users who generate content that infringes third-party intellectual property rights violate this policy; however, the boundary between infringing and non-infringing AI-generated content is legally unsettled, creating uncertainty about what uses are actually prohibited.
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