The terms and conditions are historically known for being skimmed (or ignored) before hitting the button that says ‘I agree’ and moving on. But what are you actually agreeing to?
As the age of technology advances, people are really starting to pay attention to the fine text. That’s why when companies like WeTransfer and CapCut make changes, people are watching - and they’re not liking what they’re seeing.
WeTransfer Changes Term & Conditions
WeTransfer, a file transferring service, released updated terms & conditions in July. This included an update to their clause 6.3.
This new clause allowed WeTransfer
- Perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, sub-licensable license to use your Content for the purpose of
- operating, developing, commercializing, and improving the Service or new technologies or services, including to improve performance of machine learning models that enhance our content moderation process
- operating, developing, commercializing, and improving the Service or new technologies or services, including to improve performance of machine learning models that enhance our content moderation process
This caused instant panic, as the wording made users worry their content was going to be used to train AI models.
While the backlash caused WeTransfer to alter the wording of the new clause to clarify that they aren’t using content for AI and aren’t selling it to third parties, it wasn’t fast enough to prevent users from leaving.
Understandably, people were less than pleased. But sadly, this isn’t an anomaly.
What other companies are hiding rights to your content in their terms & conditions?
Important Terms & Conditions Video Editors Need to Know
WeTransfer is a popular software, but it’s not the only one raising eyebrows. These essential platforms are also hiding permissions in the fine text.
CapCut
On June 12, 2025 CapCut released updated terms of service. In this, they explicitly outlined what rights they have over content that you own.
While your content would remain yours, uploading to CapCut also means that
- CapCut gets a royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual license to modify, publish, monetize, and resell your work
- Your uploading means you’re waiving personal rights including, approval and credit
- Applies to drafts and finished products
Adobe
Adobe’s Creative Cloud is full of programs that are helpful for video editors, like Premiere Pro, Audition, and After Effects. But, like most major companies, you might be missing important information in the terms of use.
Adobe’s term of use gives them certain rights regarding the content that you upload. While Adobe can’t use your clips anywhere without your explicit permission, they do have the following permissions
- Process, store, and transmit your media to provide services
- These services include generating thumbnails, opening files, and syncing content
- Access to content for legal and improvement purposes, such as abuse moderation
- Analyze files using machine learning for cloud-only features
- If you wish, you can opt-out of this
Canva
A popular graphic design tool, Canva offers both paid and free versions. Regardless of which plan you use, you’ve agreed to these terms & conditions to use it.
Using Canva means sacrificing certain rights to your content. According to their terms of service, by using Canva you’re allowing
- A multi-use, sublicensable, transferable, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide license to use, distribute, and make derivative works of all such User Content and your name, voice, and/or likeness as contained in your User Content
- This refers to any content that you upload, but not stock media
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