Wetransfer has issued an explanation that it would not use files uploaded by users to train Artificial Intelligence Models, when users criticized the company’s terms of their service conditions. Earlier this month, the file transfer service updated to explain the terms of its service to use Wetransfer AI to improve their content moderation and “reproduce, distribute, distribute, modify, modify, modify, modify, modify, distribute, distribute, modify”. The Wetransfer says that it has changed its terms again by removing references for the use of machine learning.
Wetransfer says it does not sell user material to third party
In a blog post on Tuesday, the platform attempted to clarify the terms of its updated service, which are scheduled to come into force on 8 August. At that time, Section 6.3 of the document said that the witronser users used the company “forever, worldwide, non-unnatural, royalty-free, transferable, sub-licensable licenses”, which would be used to operate, and work.
Modified version of the terms of service of Wetransfeer (expulsion in red)
However, the updated conditions of the service also said that the license “to reproduce, distribute, modify, prepare, broadcast, publicly perform, perform publicly, demonstrate, perform and prepare” based on the original materials uploaded by users “to prepare, prepare, prepare”. Is described.
Several witringer customers, including the material creators and creative professionals, expressed concern about the revised terms, and some said they would stop using the service. After the user backlash, the company explained in its blog post that Section 6.2 (ownership of the content) of its terms of its service states that it does not claim ownership rights over the user content. Seva also stated that all “right, title and interest, all, are organized by the manufacturer of the material and their licenses, including all intellectual property rights.
How it is acceptable, @WetransferYou are not a free service, I paid * to transfer my large artwork files.
I do not give you the right to train, sell and distribute your artwork and install yourself as a commercial rival using your work to print, sell and distribute your artwork. pic.twitter.com/ohpijrggom
– Sara McIntire (@jabberworks) July 15, 2025
Meanwhile, the company has modified Section 6.3 of its service conditions, which removes the mention of the commercialization of the material and training machine learning models. It also removed the portion that allowed the company to modify or reuse user materials without compensating the creators.
The Wetransfer says that the handling of the material remains unchanged on the platform even after the new terms of service next month. The platform says that the part of the words mentioning machine learning was due to “the possibility of using AI to improve the material moderation”, but also said that such feature does not exist at this time.
While the company was forced into a climb due to the user backlash after a change in the terms of its service, the problem highlights how online platforms can quickly get access to user data by modifying the terms of their service. Companies like Dropbox and Adobe had to issue clarifications in 2023 and 2024 respectively regarding access to user materials.
