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
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.
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.
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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
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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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.
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.
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