By uploading content to Runway, you give the company a permanent, worldwide license to use, display, and distribute it as part of running the platform, including sharing it with other users.
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
The license is perpetual and irrevocable, meaning even if you delete your content or close your account, Runway may retain rights to use previously uploaded material in connection with operating its services.
Interpretive note: The scope of the license depends on the user's selected account settings, and the document does not fully specify which settings limit which aspects of the license, creating some ambiguity about practical scope.
Content you upload to Runway is licensed to the company permanently for platform operation purposes, and depending on your account privacy settings, may be visible to or usable by other users of the service.
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"Subject to any applicable account settings that you select, you grant Company a fully paid, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, non-exclusive and fully sublicensable right (including any moral rights) and license to host, use, license, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly perform, and publicly display, including on a through-to-the-audience basis, Your Content (in whole or in part) for the purposes of operating and providing the Services to you and to our other users.— Excerpt from Runway's Runway Terms of Service
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Content licenses granted in platform ToS agreements interact with GDPR where the content includes personal data, as licensing personal data for platform-wide distribution may require a lawful basis beyond mere contract performance. Moral rights waivers included in the license may not be fully enforceable in jurisdictions, including many EU member states, where moral rights are inalienable by contract. The FTC Act may be implicated if users are not adequately informed that content submitted under public account settings may be used across the platform. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The perpetual and irrevocable nature of the content license for platform operation is standard in the industry but creates ongoing rights over user content that persist beyond account closure. The through-to-the-audience sublicensing right means Runway can pass these rights to third parties in connection with service delivery. JURISDICTION FLAGS: EU users should note that moral rights waivers embedded in content licenses may be unenforceable in their jurisdiction. Users in jurisdictions with strong personal data protections should assess whether their uploads contain personal data that is subject to additional regulatory safeguards beyond this contractual license. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Organizations reviewing Runway for enterprise use should confirm whether the enterprise agreement modifies the scope of the content license, particularly for proprietary creative assets or client-owned materials that may be uploaded to the platform. The sublicensability of the license means content rights can flow to Runway's service providers. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Users and organizations should review their account privacy settings to limit the scope of content visibility before uploading sensitive materials. Legal teams should assess whether uploaded content includes personal data of third parties and whether those individuals' rights are adequately protected by the platform's account settings.
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The license is perpetual and irrevocable, meaning even if you delete your content or close your account, Runway may retain rights to use previously uploaded material in connection with operating its services.
Content you upload to Runway is licensed to the company permanently for platform operation purposes, and depending on your account privacy settings, may be visible to or usable by other users of the service.
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