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Customer Retains Ownership of Input

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Stability AI Medium

As between you and Stability, and to the extent permitted by applicable law, you retain your ownership right in the Inputs that you submit.

Mixpanel Medium

as between Mixpanel and Customer, Customer reserves all right, title and interest in and to the Customer Content, including all related intellectual property rights.

Minecraft Medium

The Microsoft Services Agreement says "Your Content remains Your Content"...We don't own the original stuff that you create.

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As between Perplexity and Customer, and to the extent permitted by applicable law, Customer (i) retains all ownership rights in Input...

Excerpt from Perplexity AI's Perplexity API Terms of Service

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Provision details

Document information
Document
Perplexity API Terms of Service
Entity
Perplexity AI
Document last updated
May 11, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
July 9, 2026
Last verified
July 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-061624
Document ID
CA-D-00761
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
2cce8939aea0b3bb7eb2569935589c802dd198134cfb395548e9549323755a2d
Analysis generated
July 9, 2026 03:38 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
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Citation Record
Entity: Perplexity AI
Document: Perplexity API Terms of Service
Record ID: CA-P-061624
Captured: 2026-07-09 03:38:46 UTC
SHA-256: 2cce8939aea0b3bb…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/perplexity-ai/perplexity-api-terms-of-service/provision/CA-P-061624/customer-retains-ownership-of-input/
Accessed: Aug. 2, 2026
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What does Perplexity AI's Customer Retains Ownership of Input clause do?

The clause states: “As between Perplexity and Customer, and to the extent permitted by applicable law, Customer (i) retains all ownership rights in Input...”

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ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 257 platforms. See the full comparison.

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