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No Ownership Interest in User Accounts

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What it is

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.

This analysis describes what Runway's agreement states, permits, or reserves. It does not constitute a legal determination about enforceability. Regulatory applicability and practical outcomes may vary by jurisdiction, enforcement context, and individual circumstances. Read our methodology

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Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

This clause means that if Runway terminates your account for any reason, you have no legal ownership claim to the account itself, any associated credits, or accumulated benefits tied to it.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

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.

What you can do

⚠️ These actions may provide transparency or partial mitigation but may not fully address the underlying issue. Effectiveness varies by jurisdiction and individual circumstances.
  • Export Your Data
    Regularly export or download any content you have stored on Runway through your account settings, as account termination removes your access to all associated content and no property right in the account exists.

How other platforms handle this

Ideogram Medium

Subject to these Terms, Ideogram hereby assigns to you all right, title, and interest in Outputs generated by you using the Services. To the extent Outputs include or are based on another user's Content (e.g., where you and another user enter similar or identical prompts), you acknowledge that Ideog...

Mistral AI Medium

To the extent permitted by applicable law, as between you and Mistral AI, you (i) retain all ownership rights in Input and (ii) own all Output. We assign to you all right, title, and interest, if any, in and to Output that we may have. You grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, non-transferable (excep...

Cerebras Medium

With respect to your use of the Service through the APIs, ownership of the output you receive from the Service ("Output") is governed by the Third-Party Model Terms, and as between you and Cerebras, Cerebras claims no ownership rights over the Outputs.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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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

ConductAtlas Analysis

Institutional analysis (Compliance & governance intelligence)

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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Applicable regulations

California AB 2013 AI Training Data Transparency
US-CA

Provision details

Document information
Document
Runway Terms of Service
Entity
Runway
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
April 30, 2026
Last verified
May 11, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-010110
Document ID
CA-D-00447
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Analysis generated
April 30, 2026 06:00 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
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Citation Record
Entity: Runway
Document: Runway Terms of Service
Record ID: CA-P-010110
Captured: 2026-04-30 06:00:11 UTC
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URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/runway/runway-terms-of-service/no-ownership-interest-in-user-accounts/
Accessed: May 14, 2026
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Runway's No Ownership Interest in User Accounts clause do?

This clause means that if Runway terminates your account for any reason, you have no legal ownership claim to the account itself, any associated credits, or accumulated benefits tied to it.

How does this clause affect you?

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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