# Which image vendors offer a vendor-to-customer IP indemnity for generated output, on which surfaces, models and conditions, and which only state the customer's indemnity to the vendor?

- id: art_01M5MB3R021ZABHNCS1K9DB0TP
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- categories: T05, T20 · tags: none
- updated: 2026-10-23T12:17:30.107Z
- url: https://veyrul.com/articles/art_01M5MB3R021ZABHNCS1K9DB0TP

Three vendors publish a vendor-to-customer indemnity in the texts read, each narrow. Google Cloud's applies to unmodified Generated Output from listed Generative AI Indemnified Services (Imagen among generally available models) and not to free use, and covers training-data allegations separately. OpenAI's Service Terms extend its indemnity to API customers' use of Output with six exclusions, and exclude Beta Services. Adobe's Product Description lists Eligible Firefly Features, Surfaces and Export Events for customers whose agreement links that page, excluding non-Adobe models and beta features. The Midjourney and Ideogram terms read contain only the customer's indemnity of the vendor; OpenAI's consumer terms likewise.

Three vendors publish a vendor-to-customer indemnity in the texts read, each narrow. Google Cloud's applies to unmodified Generated Output from listed Generative AI Indemnified Services (Imagen among generally available models) and not to free use, and covers training-data allegations separately. OpenAI's Service Terms extend its indemnity to API customers' use of Output with six exclusions, and exclude Beta Services. Adobe's Product Description lists Eligible Firefly Features, Surfaces and Export Events for customers whose agreement links that page, excluding non-Adobe models and beta features. The Midjourney and Ideogram terms read contain only the customer's indemnity of the vendor; OpenAI's consumer terms likewise.

Curator qualifications: 13 of 13 excerpts with readbacks present (S46 not re-read). OpenAI Service Terms s.1(a) lists six exclusions (i)-(vi): knew or should have known; disabled/ignored citation, filtering or safety features; Output 'modified, transformed, or used in combination with products or services not provided by or on behalf of OpenAI'; no right to Input or fine-tuning files; trademark use in trade or commerce; Output 'from content from a Third Party Offering'. OpenAI consumer ToU 'Indemnity': 'If you are a business or organization ... you will indemnify and hold harmless us' (customer-to-vendor only). The Imagen lifecycle synthesis relies on candidate 01 E9, not re-read in this pass.

Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

```json
{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://cloud.google.com/terms/service-terms",
      "note": "Google Cloud Service Terms s.20(i)(i)-(ii) (live 2026-10-22); Google 'Generative AI Indemnified Services' (live 2026-10-22); Wayback id_ 20261021154355 OpenAI Service Terms s.1(a), s.2 (Updated October 16, 2026); Wayback id_ 20261015073556 Adobe Firefly Product Description (Published 27 August 2026); Midjourney ToS s.10; Ideogram ToS s.9.3 (live); OpenAI Terms of Use 'Indemnity'"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://cloud.google.com/terms/generative-ai-indemnified-services",
      "note": "Google Cloud Service Terms s.20(i)(i)-(ii) (live 2026-10-22); Google 'Generative AI Indemnified Services' (live 2026-10-22); Wayback id_ 20261021154355 OpenAI Service Terms s.1(a), s.2 (Updated October 16, 2026); Wayback id_ 20261015073556 Adobe Firefly Product Description (Published 27 August 2026); Midjourney ToS s.10; Ideogram ToS s.9.3 (live); OpenAI Terms of Use 'Indemnity'"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://openai.com/policies/service-terms/",
      "note": "Google Cloud Service Terms s.20(i)(i)-(ii) (live 2026-10-22); Google 'Generative AI Indemnified Services' (live 2026-10-22); Wayback id_ 20261021154355 OpenAI Service Terms s.1(a), s.2 (Updated October 16, 2026); Wayback id_ 20261015073556 Adobe Firefly Product Description (Published 27 August 2026); Midjourney ToS s.10; Ideogram ToS s.9.3 (live); OpenAI Terms of Use 'Indemnity'"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://helpx.adobe.com/legal/product-descriptions/adobe-firefly.html",
      "note": "Google Cloud Service Terms s.20(i)(i)-(ii) (live 2026-10-22); Google 'Generative AI Indemnified Services' (live 2026-10-22); Wayback id_ 20261021154355 OpenAI Service Terms s.1(a), s.2 (Updated October 16, 2026); Wayback id_ 20261015073556 Adobe Firefly Product Description (Published 27 August 2026); Midjourney ToS s.10; Ideogram ToS s.9.3 (live); OpenAI Terms of Use 'Indemnity'"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://docs.midjourney.com/hc/en-us/articles/32083055291277-Terms-of-Service",
      "note": "Google Cloud Service Terms s.20(i)(i)-(ii) (live 2026-10-22); Google 'Generative AI Indemnified Services' (live 2026-10-22); Wayback id_ 20261021154355 OpenAI Service Terms s.1(a), s.2 (Updated October 16, 2026); Wayback id_ 20261015073556 Adobe Firefly Product Description (Published 27 August 2026); Midjourney ToS s.10; Ideogram ToS s.9.3 (live); OpenAI Terms of Use 'Indemnity'"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://about.ideogram.ai/tos",
      "note": "Google Cloud Service Terms s.20(i)(i)-(ii) (live 2026-10-22); Google 'Generative AI Indemnified Services' (live 2026-10-22); Wayback id_ 20261021154355 OpenAI Service Terms s.1(a), s.2 (Updated October 16, 2026); Wayback id_ 20261015073556 Adobe Firefly Product Description (Published 27 August 2026); Midjourney ToS s.10; Ideogram ToS s.9.3 (live); OpenAI Terms of Use 'Indemnity'"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://helpx.adobe.com/firefly/get-set-up/learn-the-basics/non-adobe-models-in-adobe-products.html",
      "note": "Google Cloud Service Terms s.20(i)(i)-(ii) (live 2026-10-22); Google 'Generative AI Indemnified Services' (live 2026-10-22); Wayback id_ 20261021154355 OpenAI Service Terms s.1(a), s.2 (Updated October 16, 2026); Wayback id_ 20261015073556 Adobe Firefly Product Description (Published 27 August 2026); Midjourney ToS s.10; Ideogram ToS s.9.3 (live); OpenAI Terms of Use 'Indemnity'"
    }
  ]
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] Three vendors publish a vendor-to-customer indemnity in the texts read, each narrow. Google Cloud's applies to unmodified Generated Output from listed Generative AI Indemnified Services (Imagen among generally available models) and not to free use, and covers training-data allegations separately. OpenAI's Service Terms extend its indemnity to API customers' use of Output with six exclusions, and exclude Beta Services. Adobe's Product Description lists Eligible Firefly Features, Surfaces and Export Events for customers whose agreement links that page, excluding non-Adobe models and beta features. The Midjourney and Ideogram terms read contain only the customer's indemnity of the vendor; OpenAI's consumer terms likewise. · locator: Google Cloud Service Terms s.20(i)(i)-(ii) (live 2026-10-22); Google 'Generative AI Indemnified Services' (live 2026-10-22); Wayback id_ 20261021154355 OpenAI Service Terms s.1(a), s.2 (Updated October 16, 2026); Wayback id_ 20261015073556 Adobe Firefly Product Description (Published 27 August 2026); Midjourney ToS s.10; Ideogram ToS s.9.3 (live); OpenAI Terms of Use 'Indemnity' · source: https://cloud.google.com/terms/service-terms

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