Minecraft Education AI Lesson Crafter Terms

Last Updated: 2024-09-27

These Terms of Use ("Terms") apply to the Minecraft Education AI Lesson Crafter tool (the “Tool”). This Tool is intended to enhance educators’ ability to create lesson plans for usage with Minecraft Education. By using any of the Tool, you agree to the terms below.

  1. Intended Audience. The intended audience of this Tool are educators who want to use Minecraft Education for instructional purposes.
  2. Eligibility and Use Requirements. Your use of the Tool is governed by the Microsoft Services Agreement (the “Agreement”). You agree that the Tool constitutes a Service, as defined in the Agreement. If there is any conflict between these Terms and the Agreement, the conflicting provision in these Terms will control.

    Your use of the Tool is also subject to the Microsoft Privacy Statement, which describes our collection, use and disclosure of information relating to your use of the Tool.
  3. Using the Tool. The Tool allows you to submit inputs ("Prompts") and generate text content related to lesson plans that can be used in Minecraft Education ("Lessons"). Your use of the Tool must comply with the Code of Conduct below in these Terms (“Code of Conduct"). By using the Tool, you are affirming that you have read these Terms, the Agreement, and Code of Conduct, understand them, and abide by them.

    You must use the Tool and the generated Lessons only: (i) in a lawful manner and in compliance with all applicable laws; (ii) in accordance with these Terms, the Code of Conduct, and Agreement; and (iii) in a manner that does not infringe or attempt to infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate any of our rights or those of any other person or entity (for clarity, "manner" includes without limitation the method, purpose and/or means of causing or attempting to cause the Tool to generate content).

    Due to the nature of the Tool, Lessons may not be unique across users and the Tool may generate the same or similar output for other users. Other users may also ask similar questions and receive the same, similar or different responses.

    The Tool may include both automated and manual (human) processing of data. You should not enter or upload any data you would not want reviewed.

    You may cease use of the Tool at any time.
  4. Violations. Serious or repeated violations of the Code of Conduct may result in your suspension from the Tool and other Services (as defined in the Agreement). We reserve the right to permanently suspend your use of the Tool.
  5. Suspension and Cancellation. In addition to paragraph 4, we reserve the right to suspend or discontinue offering or supporting all or part of any of the Tool at any time and for any reason. Subject to the requirements of law, we may limit, suspend, or terminate your use of any of the Tool at any time without notice and for any reason, including (without limitation) if you breach these Terms (including by failing to comply with the Code of Conduct), or if we suspect you are engaged in fraudulent or illegal activity.
  6. Ownership of Content. Microsoft does not claim ownership of Prompts, Lessons, customizations, instructions, or any other content you provide, post, input, or submit to, or receive from, the Tool (including feedback and suggestions). However, by using the Tool, posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting content you are granting Microsoft, its affiliated companies and third party partners permission to use the Prompts, Lessons, and related content in connection with the operation of its businesses (including, without limitation, all Microsoft Services), including, without limitation, the license rights to: copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate and reformat the Prompts, Lessons, and other content you provide; and the right to sublicense such rights to any supplier of the Tool. Your use of the Tool does not grant you any ownership rights in any underlying technologies, intellectual property, or other data that comprise or support the Tool.

    No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your content, as provided herein. Microsoft is under no obligation to post or use any content you may provide, and Microsoft may remove any content at any time in its sole discretion.

    You warrant and represent that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to your content as described in these Terms including, without limitation, all the rights necessary for you to provide, post, upload, input or submit the content.
  7. No Guarantees; No Representations or Warranties; Indemnification by You. We plan to continue to develop and improve the Tool, but we make no guarantees or promises about how the Tool operates or that it will function as intended. We may add or remove features as we determine. The Tool is not error-free, may not work as expected and may generate incorrect information. You should not rely on the Tool, and you should not use the Tool for advice of any kind. Your use of the Tool is at your own risk.

    Without limiting Section 12 of the Agreement in any way, but for the sake of clarity, Microsoft does not make any warranty or representation of any kind that any material created by the Tool does not infringe the rights of any third party in any subsequent use of the content you may use (including but not limited to copyright, trademark, rights of privacy and publicity, and defamation). You must use any content from the Tool in accordance with the Code of Conduct and applicable law and subject to any third-party rights. In addition, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless Microsoft, its affiliates, employees and any other agents from and against any claims, losses, and expenses (including attorneys' fees) arising from or relating to your use of the Tool, including your subsequent use of any content from the Tool and your breach of these Terms, the Microsoft Services Agreement, the Code of Conduct or violation of applicable law.

Code of Conduct

By using the Tool, you agree:

  • Not to engage in activity that is harmful to you, or others. Do not attempt to create or share content that could be used to harass, bully, abuse, threaten, or intimidate other individuals, or otherwise cause harm to individuals, organizations, or society.
  • Not to engage in activity that is harmful to the Tool, including bot/scraping behaviors, technical attacks, excess usage, prompt-based manipulation, "jailbreaking", and other off-platform abuses.
  • Not to engage in activity that violates the privacy of others. Do not attempt to create or share content that could violate the privacy of others, including disclosure of private information (sometimes known as "doxing"). Do not attempt to use the Tool for facial identification, to collect or process sensitive personal data, or for identification verification purposes. Do not input photographs, video/audio recordings, or any content of others taken without their consent for the processing of an individual's biometric identifiers, biometric information, or for any other purpose.
  • Not to engage in activity that is fraudulent, false, or misleading. Do not attempt to create or share content that could mislead or deceive others, including for example Lesson of disinformation, content enabling fraud, or deceptive impersonation.
  • Not to infringe on the rights of others. Do not attempt to use the Tool to infringe on others' legal rights, including intellectual property and publicity rights.
  • Not to use the service to create or share inappropriate content or material. Microsoft does not permit the use of the Tool to create or share adult content, violence or gore, hateful content, terrorism and violent extremist content, glorification of violence, child sexual exploitation or abuse material, or content that is otherwise disturbing or offensive.
  • Not to do anything illegal. Your use of the Tool must comply with applicable laws and may not encourage, facilitate, or promote any illegal activity.

Content and Moderation

The Tool may block Prompts or instructions that violate the Code of Conduct, or that are likely to lead to material that violates the Code of Conduct. Prompts or Lessons that violate the Code of Conduct may be removed. Abuse of the Tool, such as repeated attempts to produce prohibited content or other violations of the Code of Conduct, may result in service or account suspension, service limitations, or the removal, deletion, or restriction of content. Users can report problematic or illegal content via the Report a Concern link found on the Lesson Crafter site.