Runway owns your account entirely; you have no property rights in it, which means the company can terminate or reclaim it without compensating you for any value you have built up through it.
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This clause clarifies the legal ownership structure of account infrastructure and authentication credentials. It establishes that accounts and API keys constitute company property rather than user assets, which affects the terms under which users access and utilize the service.
You do not own your Runway account, and Runway retains all rights to it, meaning account suspension or termination does not give rise to a property claim on your part for the account or any associated API keys.
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"Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, you acknowledge and agree that you shall have no ownership or other property interest in your Account or API keys, and you further acknowledge and agree that all rights in and to your Account or API keys are and shall forever be owned by and inure to the benefit of Company.— Excerpt from Runway's Runway Terms of Service
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Account ownership disclaimers are standard in platform ToS agreements and are generally enforceable under U.S. contract law, though they interact with consumer protection frameworks that may limit a company's ability to terminate accounts arbitrarily in certain contexts. EU users may have additional protections under the Digital Services Act and applicable consumer protection directives regarding account access and termination. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. For enterprise and API-dependent users, the total absence of a property interest in the account creates operational risk if Runway terminates access, particularly where users have built workflows or products dependent on specific API keys or account configurations. The clause that all rights forever inure to Runway is notably absolute. JURISDICTION FLAGS: EU Digital Services Act provisions on account suspension and termination transparency may constrain Runway's ability to act unilaterally against EU-based users. California and other state consumer protection frameworks may limit account termination without cause in certain subscription contexts. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Procurement and IT teams integrating Runway at the enterprise level should assess business continuity risks arising from the absence of any contractual guarantee of account continuity or right to account data upon termination. Vendor agreements should ideally include data export guarantees and notice periods not present in the standard ToS. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Organizations relying on Runway accounts for production workflows should maintain independent backups of any content stored on the platform, given that account termination extinguishes all associated access. Legal teams should assess whether the enterprise agreement provides stronger account continuity protections than the standard ToS.
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This clause clarifies the legal ownership structure of account infrastructure and authentication credentials. It establishes that accounts and API keys constitute company property rather than user assets, which affects the terms under which users access and utilize the service.
You do not own your Runway account, and Runway retains all rights to it, meaning account suspension or termination does not give rise to a property claim on your part for the account or any associated API keys.
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