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Broad Content License to Microsoft (including AI/Copilot)

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Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

The breadth of this license establishes Microsoft's operational rights over user content without time limitation or geographic restriction. By including processing, adaptation, and modification rights, the provision authorizes Microsoft to incorporate user content into service improvements, model training, and product features without separate authorization for each use case.

Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
3
Months Monitored
Apr 27, 2026
First Seen
Apr 27, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 261 other provisions on other platforms.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Users who share content through the service grant Microsoft the right to use that content for any purpose Microsoft determines, including derivative works and distribution to third parties through sublicensing. The perpetual and irrevocable nature of the license means this grant continues even after a user ceases using the service.

How other platforms handle this

Supabase Medium

After registration, you may create, upload or transmit files, documents, videos, images, data or information as part of your use of the Service (collectively, "User Content"). This includes any inputs you provide to our AI-powered support tools and outputs generated in response to your inputs. User ...

Hulu Medium

engage in any of the foregoing in connection with any use, creation, development, modification, prompting, fine-tuning, training, testing, benchmarking or validation of any artificial intelligence or machine learning tool, model, system, algorithm, product or other technology ("AI Tool").

Steam Medium

We may process information collected under this section 3 so that content, products and services shown on the pages of the Steam store and in update messages displayed when launching the Steam Client can be tailored to meet your needs and populated with relevant recommendations and offers. This is d...

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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When you share, post, or otherwise make available content through the services, you grant Microsoft a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable license, with the right to sublicense, to use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish, transmit, display, and distribute your content in any and all media or distribution methods now known or later developed.

— Excerpt from Microsoft Copilot's Microsoft Copilot Terms of Service

Applicable regulations

EU AI Act
European Union
Colorado AI Act
US-CO
GDPR
European Union
Texas AI Act
Texas, USA
UK GDPR
United Kingdom

Provision details

Document information
Document
Microsoft Copilot Terms of Service
Entity
Microsoft Copilot
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
April 27, 2026
Last verified
May 10, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-003183
Document ID
CA-D-00017
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
3b836ca98040eca1ec3cd4dd56364c9cc3085ac3f2dd8aea54de71e50c847a66
Analysis generated
April 27, 2026 09:50 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Microsoft Copilot
Document: Microsoft Copilot Terms of Service
Record ID: CA-P-003183
Captured: 2026-04-27 09:50:27 UTC
SHA-256: 3b836ca98040eca1…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/microsoft-copilot/microsoft-copilot-terms-of-service/broad-content-license-to-microsoft-including-aicopilot/
Accessed: June 18, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
Severity
High
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Microsoft Copilot's Broad Content License to Microsoft (including AI/Copilot) clause do?

The breadth of this license establishes Microsoft's operational rights over user content without time limitation or geographic restriction. By including processing, adaptation, and modification rights, the provision authorizes Microsoft to incorporate user content into service improvements, model training, and product features without separate authorization for each use case.

How does this clause affect you?

Users who share content through the service grant Microsoft the right to use that content for any purpose Microsoft determines, including derivative works and distribution to third parties through sublicensing. The perpetual and irrevocable nature of the license means this grant continues even after a user ceases using the service.

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