We’ve seen some confusion circulating about CapCut’s Terms of Service. We want to take a moment to clarify what’s changed and, more importantly, what hasn’t to help you continue to create with confidence.
There have been no changes to your rights in the "User-generated Content" section and CapCut has never claimed ownership of users' work or accessed content beyond the scope of our agreements or policies.
What changed in the Terms of Use?
Like other apps, we occasionally make updates to CapCut's Terms of Service to keep things clear and help provide a consistent, functioning experience.
On June 12, we made some minor updates to our Terms of Service, and notified our community with a push notification starting June 6. These updates included:
- Clarifying our rules around using third-party services that are integrated into CapCut
- Adding more information about "Company Content," which is content created by CapCut for you to use
- Reflecting updated regulations in Australia and Japan with adjustments to our supplemental terms specific to those markets
These updates did not include any changes to the"User-generated Content" section of our Terms, or to how CapCut uses your content. These have not changed for years.
So what's the confusion?
Amidst the update, there's been some confusion around the pre-existing legal language in our Terms around "User-Generated Content." Some people are concerned this may give CapCut broad rights to use or monetize your content or likeness without your permission. This is not the case, and would go against our commitment to empowering authentic creativity and supporting creators' rights.
Like many platforms, our Terms only cover the basic rights needed to legally provide the basic CapCut services you enjoy—like customizing and sharing templates for others to use and build from, or enabling people to download or repost your content so you can grow your audience. To explain this in the legal language our Terms include:
- CapCut needs permission to "store, format and display" content across the platform, have other community members "adapt, modify" or create "derivative works" from shared templates, and "transmit or distribute" content via downloading or sharing.
- Terms like “irrevocable” and “perpetual” exist because once content (such as a template) is shared and used by others, we can’t undo every instance of reuse or remixing across the platform or internet. This helps the platform function consistently.
How can I know how my content will be used?
We’re committed to transparency, protecting creators’ rights, and helping our users create, edit and share their best work with confidence, and will continue to notify you when we update our Terms of Service or our Community Guidelines.
