Who owns the AI output I generate on Martini?
Short answer
You own the outputs you generate on paid plans, subject to the upstream model providers' terms. Martini does not retain a copyright claim. Some models grant ownership cleanly (Midjourney v7, most flagship image and video providers); others have caveats around training-data attribution or output reuse. The model card on each node notes any model-specific restriction.
The default: you own your outputs
Martini's terms transfer ownership of generated outputs to the user on paid plans. You can sell, license, modify, register, and distribute the outputs without paying further royalties to Martini and without sharing revenue. This applies to images, video clips, audio, voiceovers, and text generated through Martini's nodes. The free plan does not include commercial rights — outputs are for personal evaluation only until you upgrade.
Workspace plans grant the same commercial rights to all member generations made through the workspace. The owner of the workspace billing account is the rights-holder for tax and licensing purposes; member-level rights flow through the workspace ownership. If a member leaves the workspace, the outputs they created during their membership remain with the workspace, not with the departing member.
Upstream provider terms still apply
Every model on Martini is built by a third-party provider — OpenAI, Google, FAL, Runway, and others. Each provider has its own ownership and commercial-use terms. Martini cannot grant rights the upstream provider does not also grant. In practice, the major image and video providers grant clean output ownership for paid API usage, which is the path Martini routes through. Some research-only or beta models may have non-commercial restrictions noted on the model card.
When commercial use is high-stakes — large ad campaigns, regulated industries, public-figure depictions — verify the active model's terms before committing. The model card lists the provider and a link to their public terms. If the provider has a non-commercial label on a specific model, that label takes precedence over Martini's general grant for that model.
What ownership does and does not cover
Ownership of an AI-generated work covers your right to use, modify, sell, and distribute the specific output. It does not extend to any third-party content that appears in the output without permission — copyrighted characters, registered trademarks, real-person likenesses without consent, brand mascots. If you generate an image that resembles a copyrighted character, the resemblance does not transfer to you just because Martini transferred output ownership; the underlying IP risk is yours.
US copyright office guidance currently treats purely AI-generated works as not eligible for copyright registration, while works with substantial human authorship contribution may be registrable. Other jurisdictions differ. If registration matters for your use, consult a qualified attorney in your jurisdiction — Martini's grant is a contractual right between you and the platform, not a copyright determination.
Practical guidance
For most commercial use cases — ads, social, client deliverables, products, internal materials — the standard Martini paid-plan grant is sufficient and you do not need to dig into provider-by-provider terms. Reserve the deeper review for cases where the output will be heavily syndicated, registered for IP protection, or used in regulated content (pharmaceuticals, financial services, political advertising) where attribution and chain-of-rights matter most.
Document your workflow if commercial provenance is important. Martini's generation history per project shows the model used, prompt, parameters, and timestamps for each output — useful for an audit trail or a chain-of-rights defense. Keep this history with the deliverable when handing it to a client.
Examples
- A freelance designer sells Martini-generated stills as part of a client campaign — allowed on paid plans.
- A studio licenses a Martini-generated video clip to a third party — allowed on paid plans.
- A creator registers a derivative work that includes substantial human edits on a Martini output — registrability depends on jurisdiction.
- A brand generates a logo variant that resembles a competitor trademark — the IP risk is the brand`s, not Martini`s.
- Workspace member leaves; outputs they created during membership remain owned by the workspace.
Edge cases
- Free-plan outputs are not for commercial use; upgrade before generating work for paid distribution.
- A model with a non-commercial label on its model card overrides the general paid-plan grant for that model.
- Real-person likenesses still require external consent regardless of Martini ownership.
- Copyright registration treatment varies by jurisdiction; consult an attorney for high-stakes registration.
What to do next
- Verify the active model card for any non-commercial labels before using outputs in paid distribution.
- Upgrade to a paid plan from Settings, Billing if you are still on free and need commercial rights.
- Read the can-i-use-generated-content-commercially article for the broader commercial-use rules.
- Read the dmca-process article if you receive a takedown claim against your generated content.
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