You are prohibited from using Runway's AI-generated outputs or any part of the service to build, train, or improve AI tools or products that compete with Runway.
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This clause operationally restricts the permissible uses of generated outputs to prevent their deployment in development of alternative or competing services. The restriction applies to both direct competitive product development and indirect applications that advance competitive capabilities.
Interpretive note: The terms 'similar or competitive products' and 'indirectly uses' are not defined, creating ambiguity about the scope of this restriction for developers, researchers, and businesses using outputs in multi-tool workflows.
Users who generate content through Runway for use in developing other AI or media generation tools may be in breach of the terms of use, even if those outputs are used for independent projects unrelated to direct commercial competition with Runway.
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"you shall not (and shall not permit any third party to) either (a) take any action or (b) Make Available any Content on or through the Services that: ... (viii) directly or indirectly uses the Services (including, but not limited to, Outputs) to create, train, develop, or improve similar or competitive products or services.Excerpt from Runway's Terms of Service
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The enforceability of prohibitions on using AI-generated outputs for competitive product development may interact with antitrust law and competition law in the EU, particularly where such restrictions could be characterized as anti-competitive restraints …
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This clause operationally restricts the permissible uses of generated outputs to prevent their deployment in development of alternative or competing services. The restriction applies to both direct competitive product development and indirect applications that advance competitive capabilities.
Users who generate content through Runway for use in developing other AI or media generation tools may be in breach of the terms of use, even if those outputs are used for independent projects unrelated to direct commercial competition with Runway.
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