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Because Amazon Associates may alter any term at any time in its sole discretion, the obligations and rights an associate agreed to at sign-up are not fixed and can change without the associate's consent.
Interpretive note: The excerpt names two alternative notice mechanisms but the canonical claim already incorporates both. No additional independent propositions are omitted.
The claim permits Amazon Associates to unilaterally revise the rules governing the associate relationship at any time in its sole discretion.
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Because Amazon Associates may alter any term at any time in its sole discretion, the obligations and rights an associate agreed to at sign-up are not fixed and can change without the associate's consent.
The claim permits Amazon Associates to unilaterally revise the rules governing the associate relationship at any time in its sole discretion.
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