When you submit anything to Microsoft services — including Copilot prompts, OneDrive files, or Bing searches — Microsoft can use that content to improve its products and AI systems without paying you. If you post content publicly, Microsoft can use it for any purpose at all.
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The clause establishes Microsoft's retained rights to process and utilize user-generated content across service operations. The distinction between restricted and unrestricted use based on publication visibility creates different licensing scopes depending on content posting method.
Every prompt, file, or message you submit to Copilot, OneDrive, or other Microsoft services is subject to a royalty-free worldwide license that allows Microsoft to use your content for service improvement — including potentially AI model training — without additional consent or compensation.
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"When you share, post, or submit content in or through the services, you grant Microsoft a worldwide, royalty-free intellectual property license to use your content, for example, to make copies of, retain, transmit, reformat, display, and distribute via communication tools your content on the services. If you publish your content in areas of the service where it is available publicly without sign-in, you grant Microsoft the right to use your content for any purpose.Excerpt from Microsoft Copilot's Terms of Service
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The clause establishes Microsoft's retained rights to process and utilize user-generated content across service operations. The distinction between restricted and unrestricted use based on publication visibility creates different licensing scopes depending on content posting method.
Every prompt, file, or message you submit to Copilot, OneDrive, or other Microsoft services is subject to a royalty-free worldwide license that allows Microsoft to use your content for service improvement — including potentially AI model training — without additional consent or compensation.
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