What is the difference between Sora 2 by OpenAI and Midjourney for Indemnification?

Sora 2 by OpenAI (Sora 2 Standard (API)): no. Midjourney (Basic): limited.

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Sora 2 by OpenAI vs Midjourney

Side-by-side comparison of licensing terms between Sora 2 by OpenAI and Midjourney.

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Field	Sora 2 by OpenAI Visit Sora 2 by OpenAI	Midjourney Visit Midjourney
	✓	✓
	✓	✓
	✓	✓
	Not required	Not required
	✗	✗
	~You own outputs and can share/publish freely. Cannot use outputs to develop models that compete with OpenAI.	~"You may not resell or redistribute the Services or access to the Service." Redistribution of the Service itself is prohibited, but redistribution of owned Assets is not explicitly banned — subject to third-party rights and community guidelines.
	✓	✓
	✓	✓
	✓	✓
	✓Published	✓Published
	✗	~No explicit indemnification clause found in the provided text. Services are provided 'AS IS' with no warranties; customer assumes all risk.
	✗	✗

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Sora 2 by OpenAI:

Midjourney:

Sora 2 by OpenAI

Sora 2 Standard (API)

Visit Platform

Midjourney

Basic

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Price

$0.10/second (720p)

$10/mo

Prices may vary by region and are subject to change.

Download

Yes

Commercial Use

You own the output. OpenAI assigns all right, title, and interest in outputs to you. Full commercial use permitted.

"You own all Assets You create with the Services to the fullest extent possible under applicable law." Ownership (and thus commercial use) is granted to individuals and entities under $1M/year revenue on any plan.

Editing

Yes

Attribution

Exclusive Rights

Outputs may not be unique — other users may receive similar output from the service.

All generated images are publicly visible by default. Other users may generate similar outputs.

Redistribution

You own outputs and can share/publish freely. Cannot use outputs to develop models that compete with OpenAI.

"You may not resell or redistribute the Services or access to the Service." Redistribution of the Service itself is prohibited, but redistribution of owned Assets is not explicitly banned — subject to third-party rights and community guidelines.

Print Use

Yes

Digital Use

Yes

Client Work

Yes

Survives Cancellation

Forever

Sora 2 by OpenAI:

OpenAI may use your content to improve services — opt out via account settings to prevent use for model training.

Copyright Shield (IP indemnification) is only available on the Pro tier and is a separate program from the main Terms of Use.

Services provided 'as is' without warranties of any kind, including non-infringement.

If you are a business, you indemnify OpenAI against third-party claims arising from your use of the service.

You must not represent AI-generated output as human-generated.

Midjourney:

Images generated by free/trial users are not licensed for commercial use and are published under CC BY-NC 4.0.

Midjourney reserves rights to use your prompts and images for service improvement. Pro plan offers stealth mode for privacy.

Key Differences

Fields where these platforms differ

Indemnification

Sora 2 by OpenAI:✗

Midjourney:~No explicit indemnification clause found in the provided text. Services are provided 'AS IS' with no warranties; customer assumes all risk.

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