{
  "metadata": {
    "name": "AI Creative Tool Commercial Rights and Pricing 2026",
    "description": "A 9-tool dataset of the commercial-use terms behind the major generative AI creative tools in 2026, across image, music, video, and voice: whether the free and paid tiers grant commercial use, whether you own the output or only a license, whether the output is copyrightable, whether the vendor offers IP indemnification, the watermark/provenance applied, and entry commercial pricing. Each entry is dated and source-linked.",
    "toolCount": 9,
    "modalitiesCovered": [
      "image",
      "music",
      "video",
      "voice"
    ],
    "datePublished": "2026-06-11",
    "dateModified": "2026-06-11",
    "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
    "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "canonicalUrl": "https://rinzara.com/research/ai-creative-tool-rights-2026/",
    "methodology": "Each tool's commercial terms were read from its official terms of service, pricing, and documentation, plus corroborating 2026 legal analysis. Fields: commercialUse (free/paid), ownsOutput, copyrightable, indemnification, watermark, and entry commercial price. Output copyrightability reflects the US human-authorship rule. Every entry carries lastVerified and primary source URLs.",
    "fields": [
      "id",
      "name",
      "modality",
      "vendor",
      "commercialUseFree",
      "commercialUsePaid",
      "ownsOutput",
      "copyrightable",
      "indemnification",
      "watermark",
      "entryCommercialUSD",
      "lastVerified"
    ],
    "disclaimer": "Research dataset summarizing public vendor terms, not legal advice. Terms change and depend on your facts; verify against each vendor's live terms before any commercial decision.",
    "dataProvenance": "SOURCED: each tool's commercial terms read from its official terms of service, pricing, and documentation, plus corroborating 2026 legal analysis. DERIVED: the rights coding (commercialUse/ownsOutput/copyrightable/indemnification). Not legal advice; verify current terms before relying."
  },
  "tools": [
    {
      "id": "midjourney",
      "name": "Midjourney",
      "modality": "image",
      "vendor": "Midjourney, Inc.",
      "commercialUseFree": "no",
      "commercialUsePaid": "yes",
      "ownsOutput": "license-only",
      "copyrightable": "no",
      "indemnification": "no",
      "watermark": "none",
      "entryCommercialUSD": 10,
      "note": "Broad commercial licence on paid tiers; companies grossing >$1M/yr must be on Pro or Mega to own assets. No IP indemnification. Generations public by default (Stealth needs Pro/Mega).",
      "lastVerified": "2026-06-08"
    },
    {
      "id": "adobe-firefly",
      "name": "Adobe Firefly",
      "modality": "image",
      "vendor": "Adobe",
      "commercialUseFree": "limited",
      "commercialUsePaid": "yes",
      "ownsOutput": "license-only",
      "copyrightable": "no",
      "indemnification": "yes",
      "watermark": "content-credentials",
      "entryCommercialUSD": null,
      "note": "Only tool in the set with IP indemnification (Commercial Use Guarantee, reported up to $10,000/claim). Trained on licensed Adobe Stock, public-domain, and openly licensed content; the safest brand-critical option.",
      "lastVerified": "2026-06-08"
    },
    {
      "id": "suno",
      "name": "Suno",
      "modality": "music",
      "vendor": "Suno",
      "commercialUseFree": "no",
      "commercialUsePaid": "yes",
      "ownsOutput": "license-only",
      "copyrightable": "no",
      "indemnification": "no",
      "watermark": "none",
      "entryCommercialUSD": 10,
      "note": "After the Warner settlement (Nov 2025), Suno's terms removed 'you own the songs'; you get a commercial-use license but are 'generally not considered the owner'. Free-tier tracks stay non-commercial and are not retroactively licensable.",
      "lastVerified": "2026-06-08"
    },
    {
      "id": "udio",
      "name": "Udio",
      "modality": "music",
      "vendor": "Udio",
      "commercialUseFree": "no",
      "commercialUsePaid": "yes",
      "ownsOutput": "license-only",
      "copyrightable": "no",
      "indemnification": "no",
      "watermark": "none",
      "entryCommercialUSD": null,
      "note": "Universal Music settled with Udio (Oct 2025), co-launching a licensed platform in 2026. Paid plans grant commercial use; verify your tier.",
      "lastVerified": "2026-06-08"
    },
    {
      "id": "sora",
      "name": "Sora 2",
      "modality": "video",
      "vendor": "OpenAI",
      "commercialUseFree": "no",
      "commercialUsePaid": "yes",
      "ownsOutput": "yes-granted",
      "copyrightable": "no",
      "indemnification": "no",
      "watermark": "c2pa-metadata",
      "entryCommercialUSD": null,
      "note": "ChatGPT Plus grants ownership of outputs and permits commercial use including paid advertising; outputs carry C2PA provenance metadata that platforms may auto-detect.",
      "lastVerified": "2026-06-08"
    },
    {
      "id": "runway",
      "name": "Runway",
      "modality": "video",
      "vendor": "Runway",
      "commercialUseFree": "no",
      "commercialUsePaid": "yes",
      "ownsOutput": "yes-granted",
      "copyrightable": "no",
      "indemnification": "no",
      "watermark": "none",
      "entryCommercialUSD": 15,
      "note": "All paid tiers grant commercial use and Runway does not claim ownership of outputs. The practical constraint is cost: flagship Gen-4.5 video burns 25 credits/second. Faces a class action over training data.",
      "lastVerified": "2026-06-08"
    },
    {
      "id": "google-veo",
      "name": "Google Veo 3.1",
      "modality": "video",
      "vendor": "Google",
      "commercialUseFree": "no",
      "commercialUsePaid": "restricted",
      "ownsOutput": "restricted",
      "copyrightable": "no",
      "indemnification": "no",
      "watermark": "synthid",
      "entryCommercialUSD": null,
      "note": "CAUTION: preview/pre-GA Veo explicitly prohibits commercial use; the subscription fee does not grant it. Check whether your access is GA or preview before selling Veo output.",
      "lastVerified": "2026-06-08"
    },
    {
      "id": "kling",
      "name": "Kling 3.0",
      "modality": "video",
      "vendor": "Kuaishou",
      "commercialUseFree": "no",
      "commercialUsePaid": "yes",
      "ownsOutput": "license-only",
      "copyrightable": "no",
      "indemnification": "no",
      "watermark": "varies",
      "entryCommercialUSD": null,
      "note": "Strong multi-shot cinematic quality at roughly $0.10/second; confirm current commercial terms on your plan.",
      "lastVerified": "2026-06-08"
    },
    {
      "id": "elevenlabs",
      "name": "ElevenLabs",
      "modality": "voice",
      "vendor": "ElevenLabs",
      "commercialUseFree": "no",
      "commercialUsePaid": "yes",
      "ownsOutput": "yes-granted",
      "copyrightable": "no",
      "indemnification": "no",
      "watermark": "none",
      "entryCommercialUSD": 5,
      "note": "Paid tiers grant commercial use and you own the audio, but ElevenLabs keeps a perpetual license to train on your voice/content. The decisive risk is WHOSE voice you clone: cloning a real person needs consent, and 12+ US states have voice/right-of-publicity laws.",
      "lastVerified": "2026-06-08"
    }
  ]
}