| Survival of trained models after the licence ends (perpetual model rights) | Price it: perpetual model rights are the default ask and should cost more than a term… | | Terms.Law: AI training data licensing; ezel.ai template,… |
| Holder warranties: title, lawful collection, non-infringement, privacy | Holders commonly give title and authority without qualification and qualify the rest by… | | Terms.Law: AI training data licensing; ezel.ai template,… |
| Representations on consent and opt-outs | Warrant to knowledge, keep a consent ledger per person or per work, and agree a process… | | Terms.Law: AI training data licensing; Authors Guild:… |
| Indemnities and liability caps | Limit indemnity to precisely defined claim types, cap it (a multiple of fees), and carve… | | Terms.Law: AI training data licensing; ezel.ai template,… |
| Licensed purpose and field of use | Name the permitted uses (pretraining, fine-tuning, evaluation, retrieval) and exclude… | 11 Oct 2026 | Terms.Law: AI training data licensing, a usable agreement;… |
| Exclusivity and exclusivity windows | Offer exclusivity only for a defined field and a defined window, and charge a multiple… | 11 Oct 2026 | Epoch AI Gradient Updates: The state of RL environments… |
| Return or deletion of the data copy, with certification | Require deletion of the dataset (not the models, unless agreed) within a fixed number of… | 11 Oct 2026 | NVIDIA Data Agreement for Model Training (2025); ezel.ai… |
| Records, audit and certification | Ask for records sufficient to show compliance with the licensed uses, an annual… | 11 Oct 2026 | ezel.ai template, section 4; The Next Web: Spirit Airlines… |
| No re-identification, no onward transfer, flow-down | In every licence we take part in: the buyer will not attempt re-identification, will not… | 11 Oct 2026 | California Civil Code 1798.140(m)(3); 28 CFR 202.302(a) |
| Disclosed deal example: bankruptcy sale with exclusivity and privacy conditions (Spirit Airlines to Google) | Shows the shape proposed to the court, which had not approved it when read: carve out… | 9 Oct 2026 | The Next Web: Spirit Airlines data and the ombudsman |
| Who controls de-identification, and use restrictions | The holder selects or jointly selects the de-identification provider, approves the… | 6 Oct 2026 | Frankfurt Kurnit (Goldberg), Legal 500 |
| Term | For a living company, a two to three year term with renewal and refresh rights keeps the… | 23 Jul 2026 | Reddit, Inc. Form S-1; Troveo: AI data licensing; eWeek:… |
| Price structure: fixed fee, per-unit, variable and revenue share | Anchor on a fixed minimum plus refresh or usage fees; per-unit pricing (per title, per… | 23 Jul 2026 | Adweek: OpenAI is paying Dotdash Meredith at least $16… |
| Output and memorisation limits | For text, code or media where verbatim regurgitation would leak confidential or personal… | 5 Jun 2026 | Authors Guild: HarperCollins AI licensing deal; Venable:… |
| Delivery format, refresh and performance obligations | Specify format, schedule and acceptance; avoid service levels the holder cannot meet;… | 22 Feb 2024 | Reddit, Inc. Form S-1, risk factors |