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emily.murray
emily.murray
Tagged Tendril
Jun 17, 2025 3:48 PM UTC

CapCut's Updated New Terms

CapCut quietly updated their terms and it gives them all the rights to your content including the ability to use, modify, and profit from it!! 👀

 

I’ve seen a lot of buzz about this on LinkedIn and Reddit. What are your thoughts on this? What other alternative editing apps are you using?

      6 replies

      emma.peneguy
      Boosted Blossom
      Jun 27, 2025 4:54 PM UTC

      From a brand standpoint I definitely won’t be using CapCut, too high of a brand risk for a third party to have access to modify and profit off of our content. I’m looking into the Instagram Edits app. Veed is also a good alternative if you were primarily using capcut to auto generate captions! 

        Jonathan Zuluaga
        Former Community Manager
        Jun 30, 2025 4:13 PM UTC

        Oh wow! I hadn’t caught that. Going to look into this more!

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          emily.murray
          emily.murrayAuthor
          Tagged Tendril
          Jul 1, 2025 12:38 PM UTC

          From a brand standpoint I definitely won’t be using CapCut, too high of a brand risk for a third party to have access to modify and profit off of our content. I’m looking into the Instagram Edits app. Veed is also a good alternative if you were primarily using capcut to auto generate captions! 

          ​@emma.peneguy Same here! I’ll look into Veed! Thanks for the recommendation 😊

            Stevejonas
            Seedling
            Jul 25, 2025 6:41 PM UTC

            I’m using Alight Motion, and it is good if you are just starting your journey.

              emily.murray
              emily.murrayAuthor
              Tagged Tendril
              Jul 28, 2025 7:02 PM UTC

              I’m using Alight Motion, and it is good if you are just starting your journey.

              ​@Stevejonas Awesome! I’ll check it out! 

              cala.wolf
              cala.wolf
              Seedling
              Aug 4, 2025 6:25 PM UTC

              Wow, thanks for mentioning this. I agree, this is a risk when creating content for a brand. I have been alternating between CapCut and Edits, and will stick solely to Edits for now!

              I first gave Edits a try in hopes of Instagram algorithms favoring the content. I did see a spike in engagement on a few posts made with Edits, but nothing conclusive. 

              Does anyone know if past content created/stored in CapCut is safe or is now apart of the new T&C?

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