Adobe Terms of Use Update

Jul 1, 2024

Adobe Terms of Use Update

Introduction

  • Presenter: Jessica, a lawyer from Adobe's legal team
  • Objective: Clarify Adobe's terms of use with community input for better understanding

Key Takeaways

Unchanged Points

  1. Ownership of Content: Adobe does not own your content.
  2. Generative AI Models: Adobe does not train AI models on your content unless submitted to Adobe Stock Marketplace.
  3. Access to Content: Adobe has limited rights to access your content.
  4. Local Device Scanning: Adobe does not scan files on your local device.

Updates

General Terms of Use

  • Added plain language summaries to key sections
  • Clarified the limited ways your content can be accessed
  • Detailed explanation in the next video
  • Clarified the limited ways Adobe uses your content with products and services (more in part 3)

Content Access (Part 2)

Section 2.2 Expansion

  1. Purpose of Access: To enable product functionalities (e.g., Photoshop editing files).
  2. No Local Device Scanning: No scanning or reviewing of local device content
  3. Automatic Scanning: If uploaded, content may be scanned for illegal or abusive content (e.g., child sexual abuse material).
  4. Content Analytics: Automatic scanning for content analytics to improve products/services (opt-out available).
  5. Generative AI Models: Content not used for training AI models unless submitted to Adobe Stock Marketplace.

Human Review

  1. By User Request: When contacting support.
  2. Public Content: Content made publicly available (e.g., on Behance).
  3. Flagged Content: If cloud content is flagged/reported as illegal or abusive.
  4. Product Improvement: Voluntary participation in product improvement programs including betas and pre-releases.

Ownership Rights (Part 3)

Clarification of Ownership

  • Content Ownership: Users own their content (Section 4.2)
  • Licensing: Adobe needs a license to your content to operate services for your benefit

Specific Rights Needed by Adobe

  1. Reproduction: Copy content (e.g., copy/paste between Photoshop and Illustrator).
  2. Distribution: Publish content (e.g., Premier Pro to YouTube).
  3. Derivative Works: Create derived content (e.g., remove image background).
  4. Public Display: Display content publicly (e.g., sharing on Behance).
  5. Public Performance: Perform/play video content (e.g., upload to Frame.io).
  6. Sublicense: Work with vendors to operate cloud-based services (no extra rights given).

Restrictions on Use

  • No Marketing/Promotion: Adobe does not use content for marketing or promotion without explicit permission.

Additional Licenses

Product and Service Improvement

  • Users can choose to grant an additional license to help Adobe improve products and services.

Conclusion

  • Purpose of Videos: Provide a summary and make terms of use easier to understand.
  • Action Items: Watch related videos for more details and exercise your rights.