Users grant Microsoft a worldwide, royalty-free license to copy, retain, transmit, reformat, display, and distribute their uploaded content as part of providing, protecting, and improving Microsoft services. Content published in broadly public areas of the service may also be used in Microsoft promotional materials.
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This provision establishes the IP license basis on which Microsoft processes and uses user-uploaded content across its service ecosystem, including AI-enabled services. The license scope includes content improvement purposes, which may be relevant to AI model training and evaluation workflows depending on how the services are configured.
Interpretive note: The scope of 'improve Microsoft products and services' is not further defined in the document and its application to AI training or evaluation contexts is not explicitly addressed in the excerpted text, creating interpretive ambiguity.
This license authorizes Microsoft to use, copy, reformat, and distribute user-uploaded content including files, photos, documents, audio, video, and livestreams for purposes of providing and improving its services. Content posted in publicly accessible service areas may additionally appear in Microsoft promotional and demonstration materials.
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"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's Services Agreement (Legacy)
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This provision establishes the IP license basis on which Microsoft processes and uses user-uploaded content across its service ecosystem, including AI-enabled services. The license scope includes content improvement purposes, which may be relevant to AI model training and evaluation workflows depending on how the services are configured.
This license authorizes Microsoft to use, copy, reformat, and distribute user-uploaded content including files, photos, documents, audio, video, and livestreams for purposes of providing and improving its services. Content posted in publicly accessible service areas may additionally appear in Microsoft promotional and demonstration materials.
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