Acceptable Use Policy

2. Your Responsibility

You are responsible for your use of the Services and for all Inputs, Outputs, Projects, and other content that you or your Users create, upload, generate, publish, distribute, or otherwise use through the Services, including obtaining all required rights, permissions, licenses, consents, and approvals. You must take reasonable measures to protect accounts, credentials, Users, and access to the Services against unauthorized access or misuse.

3. Limitations of Use

Except as expressly permitted under the Agreement, you and your Users must not:

1. use or make available any Asset on a stand-alone basis, including any cover, remix, remake, collection, library, template, or substantially similar reproduction, or in any manner that allows another person to access, extract, download, or reuse the Asset separately from a Project;
2. incorporate an Asset into a Project where the primary purpose or value of the Project is to distribute, expose, or provide access to the Asset itself;
3. modify, adapt, alter, or transform any Asset, except as expressly permitted under the Agreement;
4. reverse engineer, extract, claim ownership of, or remove rights-management or AI labelling information from any Asset.
5. use any Asset, Input, Output, Project, or other material made available through the Services as or in connection with a dataset, or to train, retrain, fine-tune, benchmark, evaluate, improve, or otherwise support any AI system, machine-learning model, algorithm, or similar technology;
6. use the Services, Assets, Inputs, Outputs, or Projects to develop, improve, support, market, or provide any product, service, technology, platform, library, database, or offering that competes, directly or indirectly, with Artlist or any of its products or services; or
7. resell, sublicense, lease, rent, white-label, or otherwise provide any third party, whether for payment or free of charge, access to the Services, Assets, AI Services, Credits, Unlimited Plan benefits, or account access, whether directly or indirectly, including as part of any third-party product or service, except as expressly permitted under the Agreement. 

4. Forbidden Uses

You and your Users must not use the Services in any manner described in this Section.

4.1 Unlawful Use and Third-Party Rights

Any use that:

1. violates applicable law, the Agreement, this AUP, or any applicable Order Form;
2. infringes, misappropriates, or otherwise violates any third-party right, including intellectual property, privacy, publicity, personality, contractual, confidentiality, or proprietary rights;
3. uses personal data, confidential information, proprietary information, image, likenesses, voices, recordings, or other protected material without all required rights, permissions, lawful bases, notices, releases, and consents;
4. falsely states or implies that any person or entity created, authored, approved, sponsored, endorsed, supported, or is affiliated with any Input, Output, Project, product, service, or activity;
5. facilitates unlawful goods, services, or activities, including fraud, scams, identity theft, money laundering, sanctions evasion, trafficking, counterfeit or stolen goods, controlled substances, or unlawful gambling;
6. damages, disparages, discredits, or is otherwise detrimental to Artlist, its Affiliates or anyone on its behalf.
7. disregards a notice of an infringement claim from a rightsholder or authorized agent.

4.2 Harmful, Abusive, or Exploitative Content

Any use that involves, depicts, promotes, facilitates, encourages, or supports:

1. violence, serious physical harm, torture, sexual violence, or non-consensual intimate content;
2. terrorism, violent extremism, recruitment for or support of terrorist or violent extremist persons or organizations, or operational assistance for such conduct;
3. sexual exploitation or abuse, human trafficking, forced labor, modern slavery, or the exploitation, abuse, endangerment, grooming, sextortion, solicitation, or sexualization of a minor, including child sexual abuse material (CSAM), whether real, fictional, simulated, altered, or AI-generated;
4. pornography or sexually explicit content;
5. the unlawful acquisition, development, manufacture, modification, distribution, procurement, or use of firearms, explosives, incendiary devices, weapons, or chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear materials or agents;
6. suicide, self-harm, disordered eating, or conduct intended to cause or encourage serious physical or psychological harm;
7. cruelty, abuse, exploitation, or harm directed at animals or vulnerable persons, or hatred, racism, discrimination, harassment, bullying, intimidation, threats, or abuse directed at any person or group;
8. malware, ransomware, spyware, viruses, phishing, spam, credential theft, denial-of-service attacks, unauthorized access, or other malicious or disruptive activity;
9. tailored legal, medical, mental-health, financial, tax, investment, insurance, or other regulated professional advice without appropriate review by a suitably qualified professional, or falsely representing any person, AI system, or Output as licensed, certified, authorized, or qualified;

10. unlawful development, procurement, or use of weapons;
11. real-money gambling.

4.3 Deceptive and Misleading Uses

Any use that:

1. is deceives, defrauds, impersonates, or materially misleads others, including through deceptive synthetic media, deepfakes, fabricated recordings, or misleading AI-generated content;
2. creates false or misleading endorsements, reviews, testimonials, affiliations, approvals, qualifications, credentials, records, evidence, communications, or other materials for deceptive or fraudulent purposes;
3. interferes with or manipulates an election, referendum, political campaign, public institution, or civic process, including by spreading materially false electoral information or improperly influencing, intimidating, or deceiving voters;
4. removes, alters, obscures, disables, or interferes with any disclosure, watermark, provenance information, content credential, metadata, or other transparency measure, or fails to comply with applicable transparency, disclosure, labeling, attribution, consent, or human-oversight requirements;

4.4 People, Likeness, Voice, and Identity

Any use that:

1. uses or imitates an identifiable person's face, appearance, likeness, voice, vocal performance, movement, identity, name, persona, or distinctive artistic style without all required rights and consents, including by creating replicas, look-alike avatars, synthetic identities, or voice clones;
2. uses a synthetic voice or identity to authenticate a person, authorize a transaction, gain access to property, systems, accounts, services, confidential information, or data, or bypass any security, identity, consent, or verification measure;
3. uses a person's voice, likeness, identity, or personal attributes after the applicable permission or legal basis has expired or been withdrawn, or falsely implies that the person participated in, approved, authorized, endorsed, or is responsible for any Input, Output, Project, statement, conduct, or transaction;
4. generate or distribute content that sexualizes, abuses, exploits, or endangers minors, including fictional or AI-generated minors, or that promotes or facilitates grooming or other forms of child exploitation; or create an avatar depicting an identifiable minor without legally valid consent from their parent or legal guardian.
5. Use the faces or voices of individuals appearing in the Assets to create replicas, look-alike avatars, or similar representations of such individuals.

4.5 Privacy, Biometrics, and Surveillance

Any use that:

1. violates privacy, confidentiality, dignity, personal autonomy, or data-protection rights, or collects, processes, discloses, publishes, infers, or otherwise uses personal data, sensitive personal data, confidential information, or private communications without all required lawful bases, rights, notices, safeguards, and consents;
2. discloses passwords, authentication credentials, financial information, government identifiers, medical records, precise location information, private communications, or other highly sensitive information, or uses personal information to identify, locate, expose, threaten, harass, intimidate, or facilitate harm against any person;
3. re-identifies, or attempts to re-identify, anonymized, de-identified, pseudonymized, or aggregated information;
4. performs biometric identification, facial or voice recognition, surveillance, tracking, or monitoring of individuals without lawful authority and all required consents;
5. conducts social scoring or evaluates persons based on social behavior, personal characteristics, predicted conduct, or perceived trustworthiness, or infers sensitive personal characteristics or emotions;
6. circumvents privacy, consent, data-protection, authentication, or security controls.

7. provides Inputs containing HIPAA protected health information (PHI) without a valid business associate agreement (BAA) with Artlist.

4.6 High-Risk Uses

Any use that:

1. makes, facilitates, recommends, or materially influences decisions affecting an individual's legal rights, safety, employment, education, healthcare, housing, insurance, credit, migration, law enforcement, social welfare, or access to essential services without appropriate human review, or uses an Output as the sole or determinative basis for such a decision;
2. assesses or predicts an individual's risk of committing an offense, or makes decisions concerning a person, based solely or primarily on profiling, personal characteristics, sensitive personal data, biometric data, emotional state, or inferred protected characteristics;
3. operates, controls, or materially assists critical infrastructure, weapons systems, emergency services, medical devices, transportation systems, or other systems where an error or failure could result in death, serious bodily injury, substantial property damage, or material harm;
4. publishes, distributes, or relies on Outputs without the review, verification, clearance, supervision, or professional involvement appropriate to the nature and risk of the intended use; or

4.7 Service and Model Integrity

Any use that:

1. accesses or uses the Services through unauthorized automated means, APIs, interfaces, integrations, endpoints, or other access methods;
2. circumvents or interferes with usage limits, Credits, payment mechanisms, account restrictions, geographic restrictions, access controls, or technical protections;
3. shares accounts or credentials, pools access, creates multiple accounts, or uses another person’s account to avoid fees, restrictions, usage limits, suspension, or enforcement;
4. probes, scans, tests, benchmarks, or evaluates the vulnerability, security, performance, safeguards, or underlying operation of the Services without Artlist’s prior written authorization;
5. reverse engineers, decompiles, disassembles, decodes, extracts, reconstructs, infers, discovers, or otherwise attempts to determine any underlying Model, training data, dataset, source code, architecture, algorithm, parameter, prompt, system prompt, weight, or other technology used by the Services;
6. interferes with, overloads, disrupts, impairs, damages, or compromises the Services or any related system, including by introducing malicious code, unauthorized instructions, or hidden content, or other material intended to manipulate or compromise the Services or any underlying Model;
7. uses the Services as part of an unauthorized downstream service, wrapper, platform, integration, or automated content-generation product;
8. conceals or misrepresents identity, location, activity, intended use, or entitlement to access the Services; fails to safeguard credentials or access methods; or accesses any account, workspace, organization, data, feature, or functionality without authorization;
9. uses the Services in a manner that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large burden on Artlist’s infrastructure; or

6. disables, modifies, bypasses, or circumvents safety filters, safeguards, system instructions, source citations, or other responsible-use controls.

5. Cooperation

You must promptly provide information and reasonable cooperation requested by Artlist in investigating or addressing any actual or suspected violation of this AUP, and notify Artlist of any actual or suspected unauthorized access, credential compromise, security incident, misuse, or loss affecting your account, Users, or access to the Services.

Artlist may preserve and disclose relevant information, Inputs, Outputs, account information, and records where permitted or required by law, including to protect Artlist, its users, creators, licensors, partners, service providers, or others, subject to applicable law and Artlist’s Privacy Policy.

6. Enforcement

Compliance with this AUP is a material term of the Agreement.

Artlist may monitor, review, investigate, or moderate use of the Services, but is not required to do so.

 If Artlist determines or reasonably suspects a violation of this AUP, the Agreement, applicable law, or the security or integrity of the Services, it may take any action permitted by law or the Agreement, including rejecting Inputs, restricting or removing Outputs or any other content, applying safeguards, or suspending or terminating access.

You must preserve relevant information and records, and promptly implement reasonable remediation or risk-mitigation measures requested by Artlist in connection with an actual or suspected violation of this AUP, subject to applicable law. You must provide reasonable cooperation and take reasonable remediation or risk-mitigation measures requested by Artlist in connection with an actual or suspected violation of this AUP, subject to applicable law.

Artlist may act immediately and without notice where reasonably necessary to address suspected illegality, infringement, fraud, security threats, child exploitation, imminent harm, sanctions risk, abuse, or circumvention of safeguards, and may report unlawful or harmful conduct where permitted or required by law.

Artlist’s failure to act is not a waiver. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Artlist is not liable for actions taken under this AUP or the Agreement to restrict, suspend, remove, disable, or terminate access or content.