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User Content License Grant

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What it is

When you upload content or generate outputs using Stability AI's services, you give the company a worldwide, royalty-free license to use, copy, modify, and share that content through any media channel.

This analysis describes what Stability AI'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

ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

This clause grants Stability AI broad rights to use content you input into the platform and potentially outputs generated from it, including rights to adapt and sublicense that content, which may have implications for users who input proprietary or confidential material.

Interpretive note: The scope of the license as applied to AI model training versus operational use is not explicitly distinguished in the document; whether personal data in submitted content is processed consistently with GDPR lawful basis requirements depends on jurisdictional enforcement context.

Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
3
Months Monitored
Apr 3, 2026
First Seen
May 22, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 646 other provisions on other platforms.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Users who submit prompts, images, or other inputs to Stability AI's tools grant the company a broad license to use, reproduce, and modify that content, including sublicensing it, which may affect users who submit commercially sensitive or proprietary material.

What you can do

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    Review the privacy policy for data deletion request procedures. If you wish to request deletion of submitted content or associated personal data, submit a data subject request through the mechanism described in the privacy policy.

How other platforms handle this

Headspace Medium

By posting or submitting any material to the Products or Services (including, without limitation, any feedback, comments, images, videos, photographs, or other content), you grant Headspace a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, sublicensable, and transferable license to u...

Kajabi Medium

"Content" means anything you or your Customers create or make available through the Service in connection with your Account, including your intellectual property (e.g. trademarks, trade names, service marks, and copyrighted works); the products or services you offer (e.g., courses, coaching, members...

ConvertKit Medium

By posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your Content you grant Kit, its affiliated companies and necessary sublicensees permission to use your Content in connection with the operation of their Internet businesses including, without limitation, the rights to: copy, distribute, trans...

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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By submitting, posting, or displaying content on or through the Services, you grant Stability AI a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish, transmit, display, and distribute such content in any and all media or distribution methods.

— Excerpt from Stability AI's Stability AI Terms of Service

ConductAtlas Analysis

Institutional analysis (Compliance & governance intelligence)

1. REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages GDPR Article 6 lawful basis requirements if submitted content includes personal data, as a broad commercial content license may not constitute a sufficient legal basis for data processing under GDPR. The UK GDPR imposes parallel obligations. The FTC Act may engage if the scope of this license is not clearly disclosed to consumers at the point of content submission. Copyright law in the EU, UK, and US may interact with the license scope, particularly regarding AI training use of submitted content. 2. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: High for enterprise users and developers. The sublicensing right means content users submit may be passed to third-party service providers or partners. Businesses submitting confidential client materials or proprietary assets through the API should evaluate whether this license conflicts with their own confidentiality obligations or IP agreements with clients. 3. JURISDICTION FLAGS: EU and UK users should assess whether the breadth of this license is compatible with GDPR lawful basis requirements for personal data contained in submitted content. California users may have CCPA rights regarding personal information embedded in inputs. The license's application to AI training data specifically may require evaluation under emerging AI-specific regulation in the EU. 4. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Enterprise procurement teams should confirm whether the content license scope is narrowed or modified in enterprise-specific agreements or data processing addenda. The inclusion of sublicensing rights is a material term that may conflict with client-facing IP ownership warranties in B2B service agreements. 5. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Organizations using Stability AI for client work should audit what types of content are being submitted through the platform to assess whether proprietary or personal data is covered by this license. Data mapping exercises should tag Stability AI as a recipient of input content. Legal teams should review whether enterprise or API agreements contain modified content license terms.

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Applicable agencies

  • FTC
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Applicable regulations

DSA
European Union

Provision details

Document information
Document
Stability AI Terms of Service
Entity
Stability AI
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
April 28, 2026
Last verified
May 12, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-001613
Document ID
CA-D-00329
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
c37555e39410017f27d67115f83f8336d2d37d144043b45c3e24b4e7b47ee52a
Analysis generated
April 28, 2026 05:27 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Stability AI
Document: Stability AI Terms of Service
Record ID: CA-P-001613
Captured: 2026-04-28 05:27:04 UTC
SHA-256: c37555e39410017f…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/stability-ai/stability-ai-terms-of-service/user-content-license-grant/
Accessed: July 4, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
Severity
High
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Stability AI's User Content License Grant clause do?

This clause grants Stability AI broad rights to use content you input into the platform and potentially outputs generated from it, including rights to adapt and sublicense that content, which may have implications for users who input proprietary or confidential material.

How does this clause affect you?

Users who submit prompts, images, or other inputs to Stability AI's tools grant the company a broad license to use, reproduce, and modify that content, including sublicensing it, which may affect users who submit commercially sensitive or proprietary material.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 26 platforms. See the full comparison.

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