The policy prohibits using another person's image, video, or audio in Runway's tools without that person's permission.
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This provision engages right-of-publicity law, GDPR Article 9 (where biometric data is implicated), and state biometric privacy statutes (including Illinois BIPA) by prohibiting the input or generation of identifiable real-person media without consent; the requirement for 'permission' is not further defined in the document in terms of form, scope, or documentation standards.
Interpretive note: The document does not define 'permission' in terms of form, scope, or documentation standards, creating interpretive uncertainty about what constitutes compliant consent under this provision and applicable law.
Under this clause, users are prohibited from inputting or generating content incorporating another person's image, video, or audio without that person's permission; the policy does not specify what form of permission is required or how it must be documented.
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(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages right-of-publicity statutes in California (Civil Code 3344), New York, and other U.S.
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This provision engages right-of-publicity law, GDPR Article 9 (where biometric data is implicated), and state biometric privacy statutes (including Illinois BIPA) by prohibiting the input or generation of identifiable real-person media without consent; the requirement for 'permission' is not further defined in the document in terms of form, scope, or documentation standards.
Under this clause, users are prohibited from inputting or generating content incorporating another person's image, video, or audio without that person's permission; the policy does not specify what form of permission is required or how it must be documented.
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