What you submit is "Your Content", and Outputs may carry third-party model license limits
Anything you input, upload or submit into the Perplexity Engine ("Input") is treated as "Your Content" under the Terms. The Engine uses AI to generate responses ("Output") based on your Input. Your use of the Engine, including Outputs, may also be subject to license and use restrictions in a third-party LLM license, if one applies. Section 7.1 lists third-party large language models among the "Third-Party Materials" that may be part of the models you use.
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As a part of the Services, you can input, upload and submit information and other materials (“Input”) into the Perplexity Engine, and the Perplexity Engine will use artificial intelligence tools and functionalities to generate responses based on your Input (“Output”).
Your use of the Perplexity Engine, including any Outputs, may also be subject to license and use restrictions set forth in a third-party LLM license, if applicable.
Any Input will be deemed “Your Content” under these Terms.
Third-Party Materials include the open source software or other third-party software, such as third-party large language models, that are included in the artificial intelligence and machine learning models you access or use through the Services.
Qualifications & exceptions
The extra license and use restrictions apply only "if applicable".
Ownership and licensing of Your Content are addressed in other sections, not in this card.
Section 7.1 also says the Company is not responsible for Third-Party Materials; that disclaimer is covered in the Section 7 cards.
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The terms of any third-party LLM license are not supplied in this source.
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
You may use the Services for personal, non-commercial use only, under a limited license
The company permits you to use the Services for personal, non-commercial use only, provided you comply with the Terms. If software, content or other materials it owns or controls are distributed to you through the Services, you get a personal, non-assignable, non-sublicensable, non-transferable, non-exclusive license to access and display them, including a right to download a single copy of the App to your device, only to use the Services as the Terms permit. Elsewhere the Terms allow you to accept them on behalf of a company, and say that for Apple App Store users the more restrictive or conflicting terms of Section 5.4 control for App use.
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We hereby permit you to use the Services for your personal, non-commercial use only, provided that you comply with these Terms in connection with all such use.
we hereby grant you, a personal, non-assignable, non-sublicensable, non-transferrable, and non-exclusive right and license to access and display such software, content and materials provided to you as part of the Services (and right to download a single copy of the App onto your applicable equipment or device), in each case for the sole purpose of enabling you to use the Services as permitted by these Terms.
If you use the Services on behalf of a company or other entity then “you” includes you and that entity
To the extent the other terms and conditions of these Terms are less restrictive than, or otherwise conflict with, the terms and conditions of this paragraph, the more restrictive or conflicting terms and conditions in this paragraph apply, but solely with respect to your use of the App from the Apple App Store.
Qualifications & exceptions
The license is limited to materials "distributed to you as part of your use of the Services".
Apple App Store users: more restrictive or conflicting terms in Section 5.4 apply to their use of the App.
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The Terms permit use on behalf of a company (Section 1) yet limit use to personal, non-commercial use; the source does not say how these fit together.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
You may not copy, modify or reverse engineer the Services or strip their notices
You may not download, modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, duplicate, publish, license, create derivative works from or offer for sale any information on, or obtained from or through, the Services, except temporary files your browser caches automatically for display or as the Terms otherwise expressly permit. You may not duplicate, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble or decode the Services, including any underlying idea or algorithm, or try to. You may not use, reproduce or remove copyright, trademark, logo or other proprietary notations shown on or through the Services. These restrictions apply unless applicable laws prohibit them or you have the company's written permission.
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You may not do any of the following in connection with your use of the Services, unless applicable laws or regulations prohibit these restrictions or you have our written permission to do so:
download, modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, duplicate, publish, license, create derivative works from, or offer for sale any information contained on, or obtained from or through, the Services, except for temporary files that are automatically cached by your web browser for display purposes, or as otherwise expressly permitted in these Terms;
duplicate, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble or decode the Services (including any underlying idea or algorithm), or attempt to do any of the same;
use, reproduce or remove any copyright, trademark, service mark, trade name, slogan, logo, image, or other proprietary notation displayed on or through the Services;
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies unless applicable laws or regulations prohibit the restriction or you have the company's written permission.
The first restriction covers information obtained "through" the Services, not only what is displayed on them.
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The source does not say whether this restriction overrides rights in Output and Your Content that Section 6 addresses.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
The company and its licensors own the Services and reserve all rights except in Your Content
The Services, including their look and feel, text, graphics, images, logos, proprietary content and other materials, are protected by copyright, trademark and other intellectual property laws. You agree the company and/or its licensors own all right, title and interest in the Services, including all intellectual property rights, and that you will not act inconsistently with that ownership. The company and its licensors reserve all rights in the Services and their content other than Your Content, including the exclusive right to create derivative works.
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You agree that the Company and/or its licensors own all right, title and interest in and to the Services (including any and all intellectual property rights therein) and you agree not to take any action(s) inconsistent with such ownership interests.
We and our licensors reserve all rights in connection with the Services and its content (other than Your Content), including, without limitation, the exclusive right to create derivative works.
Qualifications & exceptions
The reservation of rights excludes Your Content.
Content & IP Rights · Context
The company's names and logos are its marks; other names on the Services belong to their owners
The company's name, trademarks, logo and related names, logos, product and service names, designs and slogans are trademarks of the company or its affiliates or licensors. Other names, logos, product and service names, designs and slogans on the Services belong to their respective owners, who may or may not be affiliated with, connected to or sponsored by the company.
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The Company’s name, trademarks, logo and all related names, logos, product and service names, designs and slogans are trademarks of the Company or its affiliates or licensors.
Other names, logos, product and service names, designs and slogans that appear on the Services are the property of their respective owners, who may or may not be affiliated with, connected to, or sponsored by us.
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
Any feedback you give becomes the company's property and it can use it freely without paying you
If you send feedback, comments or suggestions for improving the Services ("Feedback"), you agree it gives you no right, title or interest in the Services or in the Feedback. All Feedback becomes the company's sole and exclusive property, and the company may use and disclose it in any manner and for any purpose without further notice or compensation and without you retaining any proprietary right or claim. You also assign to the company all right, title and interest, including patent, copyright, trade secret, trademark, know-how and moral rights, that you may have in the Feedback.
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We welcome feedback, comments and suggestions for improvements to the Services (“Feedback”). You acknowledge and expressly agree that any contribution of Feedback does not and will not give or grant you any right, title or interest in the Services or in any such Feedback.
All Feedback becomes the sole and exclusive property of the Company, and the Company may use and disclose Feedback in any manner and for any purpose whatsoever without further notice or compensation to you and without retention by you of any proprietary or other right or claim.
You hereby assign to the Company any and all right, title and interest (including, but not limited to, any patent, copyright, trade secret, trademark, show-how, know-how, moral rights and any and all other intellectual property right) that you may have in and to any and all Feedback.
Qualifications & exceptions
The assignment is of rights "that you may have", stated to cover all Feedback.
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The source does not say whether the company must keep Feedback confidential or credit you.
Content & IP Rights · Company commitment
The company says it does not claim ownership of Your Content, but owns the Services and technology that generate Output
In connection with using the Services you may be able to post, upload or submit content; together with your Input this is "Your Content". As between you and the company, the company does not claim ownership in Your Content. The company, its affiliates and their licensors own and will continue to own the Services and any other software or technology used to generate Output.
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you may be able to post, upload, or submit content to be made available through the Services (collectively with Input, “Your Content”).
As between the Company and you, the Company does not claim any ownership in Your Content; provided that, the Company or its affiliates and their respective licensors own and will continue to own the Services and any and all other software or technology that was used to generate any Output.
Qualifications & exceptions
The statement is about ownership between you and the company, not about third-party rights.
The company retains ownership of the Services and technology used to generate Output.
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This passage does not say who owns Output, and does not assign Output to you.
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
You give the company a broad, irrevocable license to use Your Content to run, improve and promote the Services
By using the Services and uploading Your Content you grant the company a license to access, use, host, cache, store, reproduce, transmit, display, publish, distribute and modify Your Content to operate, improve, promote and provide the Services, including to reproduce, transmit, display, publish and distribute Output based on your Input. The license is royalty free, transferable, sub-licensable, worldwide and irrevocable for so long as Your Content is stored with the company. The company says it needs these rights so that actions it takes to operate the service are not legal violations.
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In order to operate the Service, we must obtain from you certain license rights in Your Content so that actions we take in operating the Service are not considered legal violations.
by using the Service and uploading Your Content, you grant us a license to access, use, host, cache, store, reproduce, transmit, display, publish, distribute, and modify Your Content to operate, improve, promote and provide the Services, including to reproduce, transmit, display, publish and distribute Output based on your Input.
You agree that these rights and licenses are royalty free, transferable, sub-licensable, worldwide and irrevocable (for so long as Your Content is stored with us)
Qualifications & exceptions
The license covers "improve" and "promote" as well as operating and providing the Services.
"Irrevocable" is tied to Your Content being stored with the company.
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The passage does not say whether "improve" includes training AI models on Your Content.
The source does not state what happens to the license after Your Content is deleted.
Cross-references
contrast (model-proposed): After account deletion the company may, but need not, delete Your Content — contrast: The license in Your Content is irrevocable for so long as the content is stored with the company, while the company may, but need not, delete Your Content after account deletion; the source gives no deletion deadline.
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
The company can remove, edit or delete Your Content at any time without notice
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the company reserves the right, with absolute discretion, to remove, screen, edit or delete any of Your Content at any time, for any reason and without notice.
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To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company reserves the right, and has absolute discretion, to remove, screen, edit, or delete any of Your Content at any time, for any reason, and without notice.
Qualifications & exceptions
Subject to applicable law as the passage states.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
You promise you have the rights to grant the license and that Your Content won't include material you may not post
By posting or submitting Your Content you represent and warrant that you have, or have obtained, all rights, licenses, consents, permissions, power and authority needed to grant the rights described. You agree that Your Content will not contain material subject to copyright or other proprietary rights unless you have the necessary permission or are otherwise legally entitled to post it and to grant the company the license described above.
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By posting or submitting Your Content through the Services, you represent and warrant that you have, or have obtained, all rights, licenses, consents, permissions, power and/or authority necessary to grant the rights granted herein for Your Content.
You agree that Your Content will not contain material subject to copyright or other proprietary rights, unless you have the necessary permission or are otherwise legally entitled to post the material and to grant us the license described above.
Qualifications & exceptions
A similar representation about Input appears in Section 1.1.2.
Content & IP Rights · Context
Some Services show third-party content, links and third-party AI models
Certain Services may display, include or make available content, data, information, applications or materials from third parties ("Third-Party Materials") or link to third-party websites. Third-Party Materials include open source or other third-party software, such as third-party large language models, that are part of the AI and machine learning models you access or use through the Services.
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Certain Services may display, include or make available content, data, information, applications or materials from third parties (“Third-Party Materials”) or provide links to certain third-party websites.
Third-Party Materials include the open source software or other third-party software, such as third-party large language models, that are included in the artificial intelligence and machine learning models you access or use through the Services.
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies to "certain" Services, and the source does not list which Services include Third-Party Materials.
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The source does not name the third-party models or their providers.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Other users may get the same Output as you and may use their own Output for internal business purposes
You acknowledge that, because of the nature of generative AI tools, other users may create and use their own Output that is similar or the same as yours, for example because the same or similar Input was provided. You agree that those other users can use their own individually created Output for their own internal business purposes.
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You acknowledge that due to the nature of generative artificial intelligence tools, other users of the Services may create and use their own Output that is similar or the same as your Output, such as because the same or similar Input was provided, and you agree that such other users can use their own individually created Output for their own internal business purposes.
Qualifications & exceptions
The permission is stated for "internal business purposes" and for Output individually created by that user.
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The source does not say whether you get any exclusive rights in your Output.