HeyGen makes its input rule the condition on the grant
The guidelines ask that uploaded materials avoid copyright violations and that character inputs stay free of sensitive or offensive language. On this row the input rule is not a side note; it is the condition the commercial grant depends on. As of 2026-09-22.
| What the record holds | As published |
|---|---|
| The published wording | Uploaded materials should avoid copyright violations, and character inputs should stay free of sensitive or offensive language |
| Where it appears | The same export help article that carries the commercial grant |
| How the reading was established | Stated as the condition attached to the grant, in the same passage |
| What the cell leaves open | Who decides whether a given upload aligns with the guidelines, and when |
Inclusion rule. One vendor, one column. A cell earns a page when the vendor publishes something specific there, or when its silence is unusual beside the vendors read with it. Order. Fixed order: the wording, then its address, then the method, then the gap.
1A grant that stands or falls on the uploads
Because the permission is worded as holding provided the inputs align with the guidelines, the input rule and the licence are one sentence rather than two. A clip made from material that does not align is outside the grant, whatever the plan says.
That is a stricter arrangement than it first appears, and a more honest one. The risk in generated video usually arrives with the source material, and this row puts the condition where the risk is.
2Two different kinds of requirement in one line
Avoiding copyright violations in uploads is a rights requirement about somebody else's material. Keeping character inputs free of sensitive or offensive language is a conduct requirement about what is typed. They are held to the same standard by the same sentence.
A production can audit the first with a list of sources. The second is a matter of what was in the prompt, which almost nobody keeps, and which is the reason prompt logs belong in a production file.
3The timing question the wording leaves open
Alignment is not defined as being checked at any moment. It could be assessed at generation, at export or after a complaint, and each of those produces a different exposure for whoever published the clip.
The register records the condition as written. A reader who needs to know when it bites has a short question to ask the vendor, and a clear sentence to quote when asking it.
- Input restrictionThe guidelines ask that uploaded materials avoid copyright violations and that character inputs stay free of sensitive or offensive languagethe condition attached to the grant
4Where this reading came from
The cell above was taken from the export help article published at heygen.com, as that page stood on 2026-09-22. The remaining three cells of the same vendor row sit on HeyGen; the column itself is described on input restriction. This is a filing decision and not legal advice. Cells nearby: Higgsfield, input rule, SceneMixer, input rule.