When you post content publicly on Runway, you grant the company a broad, permanent license to reproduce, modify, distribute, and make money from that content in any current or future media format.
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The license granted over publicly posted content is stated as irrevocable and perpetual, covering derivative works and revenue-generating uses, which means Runway retains these rights even if you delete the content or close your account.
Content submitted publicly through Runway's services is subject to an irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide license that authorizes Runway to reproduce, modify, create derivative works from, and derive revenue from that content, including in future media formats not yet developed.
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"However, when you submit Your Content to be publicly posted on or in the Services, including when you Make Available Content for access or use by other users, you represent that you own and/or have a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, non-exclusive right (including any moral rights) and license to use, license, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, derive revenue or other remuneration from, and communicate to the public, perform and display Your Content (in whole or in part) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media or technology now known or later developed, for the full term of any worldwide intellectual property right that may exist in Your Content.— Excerpt from Runway's Runway Terms of Service
1. REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The scope of the content license engages copyright law and, where content includes personal data (such as images of identifiable individuals), data protection frameworks including GDPR and CCPA. The reference to moral rights waiver may create tension with the laws of EU member states, the UK, and other jurisdictions where moral rights are statutory and non-waivable. The FTC Act is engaged to the extent content licenses are disclosed at point of submission. 2. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The revenue-generating and derivative works scope of the license, combined with its irrevocable and perpetual nature, is operationally significant for users who post creative or commercial content. The license applies specifically to publicly posted content, which may limit exposure for users who manage content visibility settings appropriately. 3. JURISDICTION FLAGS: EU and UK users should be aware that moral rights in many continental European jurisdictions are non-waivable by statute, meaning the agreement's representation that moral rights have been waived may not be enforceable in those jurisdictions. Users in jurisdictions with strong personality rights protections should assess the interaction between this license and rights of publicity. 4. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Creative professionals and businesses using Runway to develop commercial content should assess whether public posting of work-in-progress or final deliverables subjects that content to this license, which authorizes Runway to derive revenue from the content independently. 5. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Compliance teams advising creative or media organizations should review internal content governance policies to determine whether work product uploaded to Runway in a public context triggers this license, and whether contract terms with clients adequately disclose or account for this possibility.
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The license granted over publicly posted content is stated as irrevocable and perpetual, covering derivative works and revenue-generating uses, which means Runway retains these rights even if you delete the content or close your account.
Content submitted publicly through Runway's services is subject to an irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide license that authorizes Runway to reproduce, modify, create derivative works from, and derive revenue from that content, including in future media formats not yet developed.
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