Users grant Microsoft a worldwide, royalty-free license to use, copy, retain, transmit, reformat, display, and distribute their content for purposes of providing the Services, protecting users and the Services, and improving Microsoft products and services. Content published in publicly accessible areas may also be used in promotional materials for the Service.
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This provision establishes the scope of Microsoft's license to user-generated content and extends the license to include product improvement and promotional use for publicly shared content. The scope of the improvement use case, including as it applies to AI training, may warrant evaluation given the document's references to AI services and Copilot AI Experiences.
Interpretive note: The scope of the 'improving Microsoft products and services' license purpose as it applies to AI model training is not explicitly defined in the reproduced document text, creating interpretive uncertainty about the full extent of permitted uses.
The agreement grants Microsoft a royalty-free, worldwide license to use content that users upload, store, create, or share through the Services, including for product and service improvement purposes. Users who publish content in publicly accessible Service areas also authorize its potential use in promotional demonstrations for the Service.
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Compare across platforms →"To the extent necessary to provide the Services to you and others, to protect you and the Services, and to improve Microsoft products and services, you grant to Microsoft a worldwide and 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 broadly online without restrictions, Your Content may appear in demonstrations or materials that promote the Service.Excerpt from Microsoft Copilot's Terms of Service
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This provision establishes the scope of Microsoft's license to user-generated content and extends the license to include product improvement and promotional use for publicly shared content. The scope of the improvement use case, including as it applies to AI training, may warrant evaluation given the document's references to AI services and Copilot AI Experiences.
The agreement grants Microsoft a royalty-free, worldwide license to use content that users upload, store, create, or share through the Services, including for product and service improvement purposes. Users who publish content in publicly accessible Service areas also authorize its potential use in promotional demonstrations for the Service.
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