“If you have any basis for recovering damages (including breach of these Terms), you agree that your exclusive remedy is to recover, from Microsoft or any affiliates, resellers, distributors, Third-Party Apps and Services providers, and vendors, direct damages up to an amount equal to your Services fee for the month during which the loss or breach occurred (or up to $10.00 if the Services are free).”
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Designating this as the user's exclusive remedy and capping direct damages at one month's fee or $10.00 substantially limits the financial recovery available for any covered loss or breach.
The reader's maximum recoverable amount for any covered loss or breach is the Services fee paid for that month, or $10.00 if the Services were free, and this is the only remedy available.
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"If you have any basis for recovering damages (including breach of these Terms), you agree that your exclusive remedy is to recover, from Microsoft or any affiliates, resellers, distributors, Third-Party Apps and Services providers, and vendors, direct damages up to an amount equal to your Services fee for the month during which the loss or breach occurred (or up to $10.00 if the Services are free).Excerpt from Microsoft Copilot's Terms of Service
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Designating this as the user's exclusive remedy and capping direct damages at one month's fee or $10.00 substantially limits the financial recovery available for any covered loss or breach.
The reader's maximum recoverable amount for any covered loss or breach is the Services fee paid for that month, or $10.00 if the Services were free, and this is the only remedy available.
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