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Influencers bear full financial and legal exposure for all claims arising from their Influencer Pages and Content, with no liability on Amazon's side and a broad indemnification obligation running to Amazon, its affiliates, and licensors.
Interpretive note: The canonical claim merges Amazon's no-liability statement with the indemnification obligation because they are directly linked in the excerpt. The no-liability statement is the primary proposition; the indemnification obligation is recorded as a closely connected secondary effect rather than a fully independent proposition.
Amazon Associates requires Influencers to absorb all liability and indemnify Amazon, its affiliates, and licensors for any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and attorneys' fees connected to Influencer Pages or Influencer Content.
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To the extent permitted by applicable law, this Section 13 (Indemnification) states the parties' sole and exclusive remedy under this Agreement for any third-party allegations of Intellectual Property Rights infringement...
Any access to or use of the Services or goods through your account by others, including your spouse, dependents, Recipients, and any access by AI Agents you enable or that operate on your behalf...
"WE WILL HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR ANY MATTER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY RELATING TO THE CREATION, MAINTENANCE, OR OPERATION OF THE INFLUENCER PAGE AND INFLUENCER CONTENT, AND YOU AGREE TO DEFEND, INDEMNIFY, AND HOLD US, OUR AFFILIATES AND LICENSORS...HARMLESS FROM AND AGAINST ALL CLAIMS, DAMAGES, LOSSES, LIABILITIES, COSTS, AND EXPENSES (INCLUDING ATTORNEYS' FEES)Excerpt from Amazon Associates's Program Policies
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Influencers bear full financial and legal exposure for all claims arising from their Influencer Pages and Content, with no liability on Amazon's side and a broad indemnification obligation running to Amazon, its affiliates, and licensors.
Amazon Associates requires Influencers to absorb all liability and indemnify Amazon, its affiliates, and licensors for any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and attorneys' fees connected to Influencer Pages or Influencer Content.
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