The AUP prohibits users from scraping any content or data from Synthesia or its Services for the purpose of creating or training AI or machine learning models of any type.
This analysis describes what Synthesia'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 provision bars a specific category of data extraction activity that has become a contested area in AI development and intellectual property law, placing contractual restrictions on users who may seek to use platform-generated content as training data for competing or supplementary AI systems.
Interpretive note: The provision does not expressly clarify whether the prohibition extends to user-generated video outputs produced using the platform, or is limited to Synthesia's proprietary content and system data; this ambiguity may affect scope of application.
Under this clause, enterprise users engaged in internal AI development may not use content or data extracted from Synthesia's platform to train, fine-tune, or build AI models, including machine learning and generative models. This restriction applies regardless of whether the scraped content was generated by the user's own account.
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REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act in the US context, where unauthorized scraping of platform data may constitute unauthorized access to protected computers.
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This provision bars a specific category of data extraction activity that has become a contested area in AI development and intellectual property law, placing contractual restrictions on users who may seek to use platform-generated content as training data for competing or supplementary AI systems.
Under this clause, enterprise users engaged in internal AI development may not use content or data extracted from Synthesia's platform to train, fine-tune, or build AI models, including machine learning and generative models. This restriction applies regardless of whether the scraped content was generated by the user's own account.
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