And you've cut the second part to remove the context: 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,
i.e. they can't just randomly use the Content in say their marketing, or publish your photos in a public feed. Feel free to have a lawyer review it, but I think Microsoft's being legitimate and honest with these terms. Nick Randolph | Built to Roam Pty Ltd | Co-Founder, Technical Director | +61 412 413 425 | 1300 613 140 | www.builttoroam.com<https://www.builttoroam.com/> The information contained in this email is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not disclose or use the information in this email in any way. Built to Roam Pty Ltd does not guarantee the integrity of any emails or attached files. The views or opinions expressed are the author's own and may not reflect the views or opinions of Built to Roam Pty Ltd. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com <ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com> On Behalf Of Stephen Price Sent: Wednesday, 2 September 2020 1:12 PM To: ozDotNet <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> Subject: Re: [OT] Microsoft Services Agreement You own it. They have a license to use it. ________________________________ From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com<mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com> <ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com<mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com>> on behalf of Greg Keogh <gfke...@gmail.com<mailto:gfke...@gmail.com>> Sent: Wednesday, September 2, 2020 10:21:15 AM To: ozDotNet <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com<mailto:ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com>> Subject: [OT] Microsoft Services Agreement I suppose many of you received an email broadcast with an update to the Microsoft terms<https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/servicesagreement/upcoming.aspx>. Not many people have the stomach to even look at documents like this (~15000 words), let alone read and understand them, but I had a glance and noticed these seemingly conflicting statements: We don't claim ownership of Your Content. Your Content remains Your Content and you are responsible for it. b [...cut...], 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. I'm not even sure what "My Content" is, but although I own it, Microsoft can do anything they like with it. I'm confused and worried now. Greg K
