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Creative Commons and licensed media
Upload and publish only media you have the right to use, including Creative Commons works that still carry conditions.
Updated 2026-10-11
A license is not the same as free for any use
Creative Commons licenses let other people reuse a work under stated conditions. Some require attribution. Some forbid commercial use. Some say you must share your result under the same license. Some forbid changes. Read the deed on the work you want to upload before you put it into a Grab Media job or post the result.
A file you found on a search page, a social network, or a video site is not automatically licensed for you to edit. If you cannot point to a license or to your own authorship, do not upload it.
Faces, voices, and music
Face change and lipsync use a person's face. Voice change can follow a person's voice. Do that only with people who agreed, or with your own face and voice. A license on a photo does not by itself give you the right to animate that person or to present the clip as if they said the words.
A slideshow audio track has its own license. A song you like is not cleared for a photos-to-video clip because you own the photos. Use music you recorded, music that shipped with a license you can follow, or no audio track.
What you still owe after generation
The finished file is a new file, but it can still contain someone else's photo, voice, or likeness. Review it before you publish. If the source required attribution, keep that credit with the result. If the source forbade commercial use, do not place the result in an ad or a paid post.
Grab Media can refuse work that breaks the terms. Payment for a job does not transfer someone else's copyright or personality rights to you.
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