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| 0 | Terms of Service Last Updated: July 29, 2026 Welcome, and thank you for your interest in OpenRouter, Inc. | 0 | Terms of Service Last Updated: August 31, 2026 Welcome, and thank you for your interest in OpenRouter, Inc. |
| 12 | Eligibility You must be at least 13 years of age to use the Service. | 12 | Eligibility You must be at least 18 years of age to use the Service. |
| 13 | By agreeing to these Terms, you represent and warrant to us that: (a) you are at least 13 years of age; (b) you have not previously been suspended or removed from the Service; and (c) your registration and your use of the Service is in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. | 13 | By agreeing to these Terms, you represent and warrant to us that: (a) you are at least 18 years of age; (b) you have not previously been suspended or removed from the Service; and (c) your registration and your use of the Service is in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. |
| 14 | If you are under 18 years of age, you must have your parent or guardian's permission to use the Service. | — | Removed |
| 102 | This includes screening Inputs for known child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and malware using automated detection tools. | ||
| 103 | Nothing in this Section 6.7 or Section 6.9 limits or waives OpenRouter's own independent obligations under applicable law, including the obligation to report apparent CSAM to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) under 18 U.S.C. § 2258A. | ||
| 107 | You understand and agree that OpenRouter is not responsible for any incorrect location reporting to the Models. 7. | 108 | You understand and agree that OpenRouter is not responsible for any incorrect location reporting to the Models. 6.9 Files and File Storage (Files API) To the extent the Service permits you to upload, store, and retrieve files (including without limitation images, PDFs, and other documents) for use in connection with inference requests (" Uploaded Files "), Uploaded Files are Input under Section 6.1 and are subject to this Section 6.9 in addition to the other provisions of this Section 6. |
| 108 | Prohibited Conduct BY USING THE SERVICE, YOU AGREE NOT TO: use the Service for any illegal purpose, in violation of any local, state, national, or international law or in violation of any applicable Model Terms; purchase Credits with cryptocurrency when the source of funds for the cryptocurrency constitute proceeds of a financial or other crime under applicable law; create a false identity, misrepresent your identity, or create multiple accounts as a single user, for purposes of bypassing or circumventing use limits on the Site or Service or for any other reason; access the Site or Service for purposes of reselling API access to Models or otherwise developing a competing service; develop, support or use software, devices, scripts, robots or any other means or processes (such as crawlers, browser plugins, add-ons or any other automated technology) to scrape or copy any information on the Site or the Services; bypass any technical measures implemented by OpenRouter that are designed to prevent scraping; violate, or encourage others to violate, any right of a third party, including by infringing or misappropriating any third-party intellectual property right; post, upload, or distribute any Input or other content that is unlawful, or is not in compliance with the Terms of Service for the Model or Provider you are using; interfere with security-related features of the Service, including without limitation, by: (a) disabling or circumventing features that prevent or limit use or copying of any content; or (b) reverse engineering or otherwise attempting to discover the source code of any portion of the Service except to the extent that the activity is expressly permitted by applicable law; conduct, or work with any third parties to conduct, without OpenRouter's prior written approval, any Red Teaming of Models. | 109 | You represent and warrant that you own or have all necessary rights, licenses, consents, and permissions to upload, store, and use each Uploaded File as contemplated by these Terms. |
| 110 | You agree not to upload or store any Uploaded File that: (a) contains child sexual abuse material (CSAM) or otherwise exploits or endangers minors; (b) contains malware, viruses, or other malicious code; (c) infringes, misappropriates, or otherwise violates any intellectual property, privacy, publicity, or other right of a third party; or (d) otherwise violates applicable law or these Terms. | ||
| 111 | We may, but are under no obligation to, screen, scan, review, or remove any Uploaded File at any time and without notice, including through automated screening for known CSAM and malware, whether or not that screening runs before, during, or after an Uploaded File is transmitted to a Model Provider as described below. | ||
| 112 | We may suspend or terminate your access to the Service and may report Uploaded Files to law enforcement or other authorities as required or permitted by applicable law. | ||
| 113 | For clarity, nothing in this Section 6.9 or in Section 6.7 limits or waives OpenRouter's own independent obligations under applicable law, including the obligation to report apparent CSAM to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) under 18 U.S.C. § 2258A. | ||
| 114 | When you submit an Uploaded File with an inference request, that Uploaded File will be transmitted to, and processed by, the Model Provider you select (or that is selected on your behalf) to fulfill that request, in the same manner as other Inputs described in Section 6.1 and the Model Terms. | ||
| 115 | We do not use the content of Uploaded Files for any purpose other than fulfilling your request and operating, securing, and maintaining the Service, including the screening described above. | ||
| 116 | We retain Uploaded Files until you delete them or close your account, as described in our Privacy Policy. | ||
| 117 | Upon deletion, we will remove Uploaded Files, including cached and replicated copies, within the timeframes described in our Privacy Policy, except where retention is required by law or for legitimate legal, security, or backup purposes for a limited period thereafter. | ||
| 118 | To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we are not liable for any loss, corruption, or unauthorized access to Uploaded Files, except to the extent caused by our gross negligence or willful misconduct, and you are solely responsible for maintaining independent backup copies of any Uploaded Files. | ||
| 119 | We may impose limits on the size, file type, and upload frequency of Uploaded Files, and may reject or remove any Uploaded File that exceeds these limits, at our sole discretion. 6.10 DMCA Notice and Takedown; Repeat Infringer Policy OpenRouter respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects users of the Service to do the same. | ||
| 120 | In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (" DMCA "), OpenRouter has designated an agent to receive notifications of claimed copyright infringement relating to material uploaded, stored, or made available through the Service. | ||
| 121 | OpenRouter's designated agent for receipt of such notifications is: DMCA Agent, OpenRouter, Inc., 169 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016, United States, email: copyright@openrouter.ai . | ||
| 122 | This designation will be filed with the U.S. Copyright Office's Designated Agent Directory. | ||
| 123 | To be effective, a notification of claimed infringement must comply with the requirements of 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3). | ||
| 124 | This Section 6.10 serves as OpenRouter's company-wide policy governing claims of copyright infringement submitted through the Service, including with respect to Customer Content or other material submitted under a separate agreement (such as a Subscription Agreement) that incorporates this Section by reference. | ||
| 125 | In appropriate circumstances and at our sole discretion, we will terminate the accounts of, or otherwise restrict access to the Service by, users who are determined to be repeat infringers of the intellectual property rights of others, consistent with the DMCA and other applicable law. 7. | ||
| 126 | Prohibited Conduct BY USING THE SERVICE, YOU AGREE NOT TO: use the Service for any illegal purpose, in violation of any local, state, national, or international law or in violation of any applicable Model Terms; purchase Credits with cryptocurrency when the source of funds for the cryptocurrency constitute proceeds of a financial or other crime under applicable law; create a false identity, misrepresent your identity, or create multiple accounts as a single user, for purposes of bypassing or circumventing use limits on the Site or Service or for any other reason; access the Site or Service for purposes of reselling API access to Models or otherwise developing a competing service; develop, support or use software, devices, scripts, robots or any other means or processes (such as crawlers, browser plugins, add-ons or any other automated technology) to scrape or copy any information on the Site or the Services; bypass any technical measures implemented by OpenRouter that are designed to prevent scraping; violate, or encourage others to violate, any right of a third party, including by infringing or misappropriating any third-party intellectual property right; post, upload, or distribute any Input or other content that is unlawful, or is not in compliance with the Terms of Service for the Model or Provider you are using; upload or store, or attempt to upload or store, any file through the Files API (or any other file-upload feature of the Service) that you know or reasonably should know contains child sexual abuse material, malware, or other content prohibited by Section 6.9; interfere with security-related features of the Service, including without limitation, by: (a) disabling or circumventing features that prevent or limit use or copying of any content; or (b) reverse engineering or otherwise attempting to discover the source code of any portion of the Service except to the extent that the activity is expressly permitted by applicable law; conduct, or work with any third parties to conduct, without OpenRouter's prior written approval, any Red Teaming of Models. | ||
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