This provision lists categories of prohibited user conduct on Amazon's platforms, including unlawful activity, IP infringement, harmful content transmission, and unauthorized system access.
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This clause establishes the operational boundaries for permissible use of Amazon services and provides contractual grounds for account suspension or termination in the event of prohibited conduct.
Interpretive note: The term 'otherwise objectionable' in the prohibited content category is not defined, creating interpretive ambiguity regarding the scope of Amazon's enforcement discretion.
Provides detailed enumerated list of prohibited conduct with specific categories, replacing more general previous provisions.
View full change record →Under this clause, users who engage in the listed prohibited activities may be subject to account suspension or termination as provided elsewhere in the Conditions of Use. The prohibited conduct categories include both illegal activity and conduct Amazon deems harmful or objectionable.
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You agree not to engage in any of the following prohibited activities: (i) copying, distributing, or disclosing any part of the Services in any medium; (ii) using any automated system, including 'robots,' 'spiders,' 'offline readers,' etc., to access the Services; (iii) transmitting spam, chain lett...
You agree not to post, upload, publish, submit or transmit any content that: (i) infringes, misappropriates or violates a third party's patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, moral rights or other intellectual property rights, or rights of publicity or privacy; (ii) violates, or encourages any ...
You agree not to engage in any of the following prohibited activities: (i) copying, distributing, or disclosing any part of the Service in any medium, including without limitation by any automated or non-automated 'scraping'; (ii) using any automated system, including without limitation 'robots,' 's...
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"You may not use Amazon Services to: (a) engage in any unlawful, deceptive, misleading, fraudulent, or abusive activity; (b) violate Amazon's or any third party's intellectual property rights; (c) transmit any content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise objectionable; (d) interfere with the security or integrity of any Amazon network or service; or (e) attempt to gain unauthorized access to any Amazon system or service.— Excerpt from Amazon's Amazon Conditions of Use
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Prohibitions on unlawful activity and unauthorized system access engage the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and applicable state cybercrime statutes. IP infringement prohibitions are grounded in the Copyright Act and Lanham Act. Content-related prohibitions may interact with Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act regarding Amazon's platform liability for third-party content. (2) GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Low for typical consumers; medium for marketplace sellers and developers whose operational conduct may trigger automated enforcement. The breadth of 'otherwise objectionable' content as a prohibited category creates interpretive ambiguity in enforcement. (3) JURISDICTION FLAGS: EU users are subject to the Digital Services Act, which imposes additional obligations on platforms regarding content moderation and transparency in enforcement actions. (4) CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Marketplace sellers and developers should ensure their product listings, API usage, and content submissions comply with these prohibitions to avoid account-level enforcement actions. (5) COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Sellers and developers should review Amazon's additional seller and developer agreements, which may contain more specific acceptable use standards that supplement these general prohibitions.
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This clause establishes the operational boundaries for permissible use of Amazon services and provides contractual grounds for account suspension or termination in the event of prohibited conduct.
Under this clause, users who engage in the listed prohibited activities may be subject to account suspension or termination as provided elsewhere in the Conditions of Use. The prohibited conduct categories include both illegal activity and conduct Amazon deems harmful or objectionable.
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