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The exclusion of resale and commercial use from the license means any such activity falls outside the granted rights and is therefore not permitted under the license.
Interpretive note: The excerpt lists multiple independent exclusions from the license. The canonical claim states the primary exclusion (resale or commercial use). Additional exclusions — collection of product listings, descriptions, or prices, and derivative use — are noted in omitted_material. The excerpt is a fragment of a longer list indicated by 'any derivative use...' trailing off.
The reader's license does not permit reselling or making commercial use of any Amazon Service or its contents.
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"This license does not include any resale or commercial use of any Amazon Service, or its contents; any collection and use of any product listings, descriptions, or prices; any derivative use...Excerpt from Amazon's Conditions of Use
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The exclusion of resale and commercial use from the license means any such activity falls outside the granted rights and is therefore not permitted under the license.
The reader's license does not permit reselling or making commercial use of any Amazon Service or its contents.
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