Hi @Admirable_fact2b27,
I am not an Adobe employee and I am not an attorney. I will do my best to answer these as I can, but they are not an official response from Adobe nor are they legal advice. I tell everyone who asks these questions that if they need to make commercial decisions based on the use of output from Adobe generative AI tools, you should consult your own legal counsel to understand how the terms of use or contracts apply to your use. Also, how any local or regional laws or regulations might apply.
Please note that Adobe has terms of use. Those are detailed in these documents: Adobe Generative AI User Guidelines and Adobe Generative AI Product Specific Terms (effective April 23, 2026). You should also consult Adobe General Terms of Use.
Q1. Can videos generated with Kling 3.0 through Adobe Firefly Premium be used commercially on a monetised YouTube channel without purchasing a separate Kling subscription?
Under Section 4.2 of the General Terms, you retain ownership of content you generate. The terms do not explicitly prohibit commercial use of output generated by partner models such as Kling. However Section 7 of the Adobe Generative AI Product Specific Terms (effective April 23, 2026) states that use of non-Adobe partner models is governed by Section 3.12 of the General Terms, which requires you to comply with all applicable third-party terms. This means Kuaishou's own terms for Kling may apply to commercial use of Kling-generated output even when accessed through Firefly. Adobe does not provide written confirmation of commercial use rights for partner model outputs, so this point would need to be verified directly with Kuaishou or via your own legal counsel before relying on it.
Q2. Is any attribution to Adobe, Firefly, Kling, or another provider required?
None of the governing documents reviewed require attribution to Adobe, Firefly, or any model provider as a condition of using generated output. There is no attribution requirement in the current terms.
Q3. Is there any requirement to retain a watermark, Content Credentials, or other identification on the exported video?
Yes — this is stated clearly across the terms. Both the Adobe Generative AI User Guidelines (Section 6) and the Adobe Generative AI Product Specific Terms (Section 3.1) explicitly state that you must not remove, alter, or disable Content Credentials that may be attached to generated output. This applies regardless of which model generated the content. You may export and use the video commercially, but you may not strip the Content Credentials metadata from it.
Q4. Can these generated videos be edited, modified, colour graded, cropped, or otherwise transformed for commercial use?
The terms do not prohibit editing, modifying, colour grading, or cropping output. You retain ownership of the output under Section 4.2 of the General Terms, and nothing in the terms restricts downstream creative transformation for individual subscribers. One caveat worth noting: if you were on an enterprise plan with indemnification coverage, Section 8.3.1 of the Product Specific Terms states that indemnification does not apply to output that has been modified. However that indemnification provision applies only to specific enterprise plans.
Q5. Can Kling-generated footage be combined with footage generated by other AI models, such as Google Veo, as part of the same commercial video?
The terms do not prohibit combining output from different models. There is no restriction against mixing Kling output with Veo output or any other content in a finished production.
Q6. If my Adobe Firefly Premium subscription later expires or is cancelled, may I continue to commercially use videos that were generated while the subscription was active?
Section 4.2 of the General Terms states that you retain all rights and ownership of your content, and the terms do not explicitly revoke your right to use previously generated output after a subscription ends. Section 11.3 confirms that certain obligations survive termination, but these are your obligations to Adobe rather than a revocation of your content rights. That said, the terms do not explicitly confirm ongoing commercial use rights post-cancellation either. Given the commercial significance of this point, legal counsel would be advisable before making business decisions that depend on it.
Q7. Do these commercial usage rights apply specifically to Kling 3.0 when accessed through Adobe Firefly, or are there any additional Kling-specific terms or restrictions that should be reviewed?
This is the most important question to approach carefully. Section 7 of the Adobe Generative AI Product Specific Terms states explicitly that use of non-Adobe partner models is governed by Section 3.12 of the General Terms, which states that your use of third-party services is "solely between you and the third party" and that you are responsible for complying with all applicable third-party terms. Section 7.1 further notes that non-Adobe models are provided "solely as a convenience." Adobe does not extend written confirmation that its own commercial use permissions cover output from partner models, and the terms do not explicitly address this. The prudent approach is to review Kuaishou's own Kling terms of service directly — particularly regarding commercial use of output generated via third-party integrations — before proceeding with commercial publication.
These answers are based on a reading of Adobe's publicly available terms as they stand today, but terms can change, they are open to interpretation, and how they interact with local laws and regulations in your jurisdiction may affect their application to your specific situation. Given that you are planning to incorporate this into a production workflow and publish commercially, the stakes of getting this wrong are meaningful. I would strongly encourage you to share these terms with your own legal counsel and obtain a formal opinion before proceeding. A community forum is not the right place to make binding commercial decisions of this nature, and no response here — including this one — should be treated as legal advice or as a substitute for it.
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