Terms of Service

Last Updated: October 17th 2022
These Descript Terms of Service (these “Terms”) govern your use of and access to the websites and other online products and services provided to you by Descript, Inc. (“us”, “we”, or “our”), which include the Descript App for Mac, Windows and Web (the “App”), the Descript website (the “Site”), and all related tools and services (collectively, the “Descript Service”). BY ACCEPTING THESE TERMS OR USING THE DESCRIPT SERVICE YOU AGREE THAT YOU ARE ENTERING INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH US AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL OF THESE TERMS, DO NOT USE THE DESCRIPT SERVICE. IF YOU ARE ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF A COMPANY OR OTHER ENTITY, YOU REPRESENT THAT YOU ARE AN EMPLOYEE OR AGENT OF SUCH COMPANY (OR OTHER ENTITY) AND YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF SUCH COMPANY (OR OTHER ENTITY).
ARBITRATION NOTICE: EXCEPT FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF DISPUTES DESCRIBED IN THE ARBITRATION CLAUSE (SECTION 20 BELOW), YOU AGREE THAT DISPUTES BETWEEN YOU AND US WILL BE RESOLVED BY MANDATORY BINDING ARBITRATION AND YOU WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT OR CLASS-WIDE ARBITRATION.
We may make changes to these Terms from time to time. The “Last Updated” date indicates when these Terms were last changed. If we make future changes, we will provide you with notice of such changes, for instance by sending an email, providing a notice through the Descript Service or updating the date at the top of these Terms. Unless we say otherwise in our notice, the amended Terms will be effective immediately, and your continued use of our Services after we provide such notice will confirm your acceptance of the changes. If you do not agree to the amended Terms, you must stop using the Descript Service.
1. App
The App is a media word processor, allowing you to edit audio and video media by editing text. The App lets you (a) transcribe audio, (b) edit voice audio and video by manipulating the text of its transcript, (c) export the edits, (d) fine-tune edits using our waveform editor, (e) collaborate with others, (f) synthesize voice recordings, (g) record your screen and optionally you using your webcam, and (h) train text to speech AI models based on voice recordings.
2. Eligibility
1. Legal Age: You must be at least 18 years old or the age of majority in your jurisdiction to register and use our services.
2. Business Entity: If you are using MenuGo on behalf of a business, you must have the authority to bind that business to these Terms and Conditions.
3. Compliance with Laws: You must comply with all applicable laws and regulations, including those governing data protection, licensing, and consumer rights.
4. Accurate Information: You must provide accurate and up-to-date information during registration and throughout your use of the platform.
5. Account Responsibility: You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and ensuring all activities under your account comply with these Terms
3. Registration and Account Information
You must create an account before using the Descript Service. You must provide complete and accurate information as requested in the registration process, and must maintain and update all information provided as required to keep it current, complete and accurate. Any failure to do so may, among other things, result in deletion of your account and a refusal to allow you to resume any use of the Descript Service. Account credentials may not be shared or transferred, except with your employee or contractor who has agreed to abide by these Terms and who is only authorized to use the Descript Service for the purpose of performing their job function for you (each, an “Authorized User”). You agree to maintain (and will ensure that your Authorized Users maintain) the security and confidentiality of user names and passwords. You are responsible for any and all activities that occur under your account, and you agree to immediately notify us of any unauthorized use of your account or any other breach of security related to your account or the Descript Service. We reserve the right to reclaim usernames, including on behalf of businesses or individuals that hold legal claim, including trademark rights, in those usernames.
4. Privacy
Please refer to our Privacy Policy for information about how we collect, use and disclose information about you.
5. License
5.1. License Grant. Subject to these Terms, we hereby grant to you a limited, nonexclusive, nontransferable, non-sub-licensable, revocable license to access and use the Descript Service for your own personal or internal business use.
5.2. Restrictions and Limitations. Such license does not include the right to: (a) license, sublicense, sell, resell, rent, transfer, assign, distribute or otherwise commercially exploit or make the Descript Service, or any portion thereof, available to any third party, except as expressly permitted herein and subject to the terms set forth in these Terms; (b) reverse engineer, disassemble, or decompile the App or any other software required for use in connection with Descript or otherwise attempt to discover the source code for, or any trade secrets related to, the App or the Descript Service; (c) remove any copyright, trademark or other proprietary notices from Descript, or any component thereof; (d) modify, alter or create any derivative works of the Descript Service or any component thereof; (e) reproduce or distribute the App or Descript Service or copy any ideas, features, functions, or content thereof, except as expressly permitted under these Terms; or (f) use the Descript Service, or any component thereof, for any purposes other than as expressly permitted herein. All rights not expressly granted in these Terms are reserved by us.
6. Ownership; Trademarks
Ownership of the Descript Service, and all content and materials contained therein other than any User Content (as defined below), are owned solely by us or our licensees and are protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. No title to or ownership of the Site, the App, the Descript Service or any proprietary rights associated with them is transferred to you by these Terms. Descript and our logos, our product or service names, our slogans and the look and feel of the Descript Service are our trademarks and may not be copied, imitated or used, in whole or in part, without our prior written permission. All other trademarks, registered trademarks, product names and company names or logos mentioned on the Descript Service are the property of their respective owners. Reference to any products, services, processes or other information by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, supplier or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation by us.
7. User Content and Conduct
7.1. User Content Rules. Users of the Descript Service (each a “User”) may create, provide, store and share content, data, audio files, images, video files, text, information, and other items (collectively, the “User Content”) including for use in connection with projects User creates using the Descript Service (collectively the “Projects”). You are solely responsible for your User Content, and we are neither responsible nor liable for any User Content or for the use, availability, deletion, correction, destruction, damage, or loss thereof. You may post or otherwise share only User Content that you have all necessary rights to post or share on the Descript Service. You will not create, upload, transmit, publish or otherwise use, on or in connection with the Descript Service, any User Content that: (a) infringes upon or violates the rights of any third party including any copyright, trademark, trade secret, or other intellectual property rights, rights of publicity, rights of privacy, or contract rights; (b) is illegal, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, vulgar, indecent, lewd, offensive, threatening, abusive, harmful, inflammatory, deceptive, false, misleading, or fraudulent; (c) promotes hatred, discrimination, bigotry, racism, harassment, violence or harm against any individual or group; (d) violates, or encourages any conduct that would violate, any applicable laws, rules or regulations or give rise to any civil liability; (e) contains any viruses, corrupted data or other harmful, disruptive or destructive files; (f) restricts, interferes with or inhibits any other person from using or enjoying the Descript Service; (g) that is directed to children under 16, contains any protected health information, or contains any nonpublic personal information from a financial institution; (h) attempts to clone the voice of a non-consenting speaker using our Overdub technology; (i) impersonates, or misrepresents your affiliation with, any person or entity; (j) contains any unsolicited promotions, political campaigning, advertising or solicitations; (k) in our sole judgment, is objectionable, restricts or inhibits any other person from using or enjoying the Descript Service; or (l) that would otherwise expose us or any third party to liability, special regulations, or harm of any kind. We reserve the right to delete or block access to any User Content at any time and for any reason in its sole discretion, including if it receives any notices or otherwise believes that such User Content may be in violation of these Terms or may otherwise violate the rights of, or cause any harm or liability of any kind to, us or any third party. In addition, this Section 8 does not create any private right of action on the part of any third party or any reasonable expectation that the Descript Service will not contain any content that is prohibited by such rules. Please note that parental control protections (such as computer hardware, software or filtering services) may be commercially available to assist you in limiting access to material that is harmful to minors. Information identifying current providers of such protections should be available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_content-control_software_and_providers (last checked on March 21, 2022).
8. Copyright Complaints.
In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") and other applicable law, we have adopted a policy of terminating, in appropriate circumstances and at our sole discretion, the accounts of users who are deemed to be repeat infringers. If you believe that anything on the Descript Service infringes any copyright that you own or control, you may notify our Designated Agent as follows:
Designated Agent: Copyright Agent
Address: 385 Grove Street, Dubai, UAE
Telephone Number:(415) 231-7449
E-Mail Address: mohammad@menugo.com
9. Disclaimer
EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE DESCRIPT SERVICE AND ALL ITEMS, CONTENT, AND SERVICES PROVIDED OR MADE AVAILABLE IN CONNECTION THEREWITH ARE BEING PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS,” “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, WITH NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR ARISING BY LAW, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION REGARDING THE RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, TIMELINESS, QUALITY, SUITABILITY, PERFORMANCE, SECURITY, ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE DESCRIPT SERVICE. WE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN ADDITION, WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, DESCRIPT DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT (A) THE DESCRIPT SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR EXPECTATIONS OR ACHIEVE ANY PARTICULAR RESULTS; (B) ANY TRANSCRIPTION, DATA, ANALYSIS OR REPORTS WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE; (C) MINOR ERRORS OR DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED; (D) THAT THE DESCRIPT SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR FREE FROM BUGS, ERRORS, OMISSIONS OR INTERRUPTIONS; OR (E) THE DESCRIPT SERVICE OR THE SERVERS THAT MAKE THE DESCRIPT SERVICE AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. YOU ASSUME THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE DESCRIPT SERVICE.
10. Transfer and Processing Data
In order for us to provide the Descript Service, you agree that we may process, transfer and store information about you in the United States and other countries, where you may not have the same rights and protections as you do under local law.