Composers/musicians using the website
@AudioJungle by
@envato to sell royalty free music - Envato have 'updated' - their T&C's to **now have AI train on your items that you have authored and uploaded**
You are opted in AUTOMATICALLY.
Additionally, your items will now be licensed "in perpetuity" becuase an AI cannot 'forget' what it has learned.
There is no mention of any profit share for authors from AI works derived from authors' compositions.
If you don't want your items to be trained by AI, you need to remove them from the marketplace by June 1st. There is (currently) no opt-out available.
While I appreciate AI is inevitable and some people will be embracing this, the immediacy with which
@envato has gone about it while seemingly going against some of their core values is striking. I can't believe they didn't give authors a choice, and have only given 20 days notice to find an alternative.
For those who might be dependent on income from the site, it puts them in a massive quandiary, especially with the lack of time to find an alternate solution. It's frankly shameful behaviour.
I've had an author account there since 2009 - which I will now remove. It kept me afloat during my early years in the industry. I also reviewed items on the site. This policy change and sudden implementation is disgraceful, and I'm now sorry to have been associated with
@audiojungle and
@envato in any way.
ALT Text of Envato updated Terms &Conditions.
The most significant change in this update is in regard to our license to your content. We’re broadening the scope of Envato’s use of your items to unlock new revenue streams. The updated terms allow us to enter into agreements with third parties to expand the distribution and usage of your content across all item categories on Market (“third party arrangements”).
Examples might include:
Distributing your items on content platforms across the globe.
Developing generative AI models that use your content.
Developing a ‘test/build’ environment with a third party to build new product offerings, features or services.
ALT More text of Envato updated Terms and Conditions.
Our Author Agreement now also includes the addition of ‘perpetuity’ to our licensing terms. For example, if your content is used to train an AI model, it may not be possible to make the AI forget any learnings from your item. This means that if you decide to take your items down after the updated terms become effective, your item(s) may still be used, in some capacity, by a third party.