While you retain ownership of your uploaded content, Pika receives a broad license to use your content — including AI Self outputs — and restricts how you can use or monetize your own AI-generated content outside of Pika's platform.
Creators who build monetizable AI Selves on Pika are restricted from taking their AI Self content to other platforms — they can only monetize through Pika's service, giving Pika significant control over creators' revenue streams and content distribution.
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Compare across platforms →Restricting users from redistributing or licensing their own AI Self-generated content outside Pika's platform creates significant lock-in and limits creator independence, which is unusual compared to standard user content licenses on other AI platforms.
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: This provision implicates California Business and Professions Code §16600 (which voids unreasonable restraints on trade) to the extent the restriction on redistribution operates as an anticompetitive lock-in; FTC Act Section 5 for unfair practices if the restriction is not clearly disclosed at enrollment; and EU competition law (TFEU Art. 101/102) for potential market foreclosure of creator monetization options. Copyright law (17 U.S.C.) is also implicated regarding ownership of AI-generated outputs.
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