You cannot use AWS to store, send, or distribute illegal content, including content that violates copyright, is obscene or abusive, or involves child sexual abuse material.
This clause prohibits a wide range of harmful and illegal content categories on AWS infrastructure, and because customers are responsible for end-user conduct, businesses hosting user-generated content face significant legal exposure if their platforms are used to store or distribute any of these content types.
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In any part of the Spotify Service, the Content that you access, including its selection and placement, may be influenced by commercial considerations, including Spotify's agreements with third parties. Some Content licensed by, provided to, created by, or otherwise made available by Spotify (e.g., ...
You may not automatedly crawl or query the Services for any purpose or by any means (including, without limitation, screen and database scraping, spiders, robots, crawlers and any other automated activity with the purpose of obtaining information from the Services) unless you have received prior exp...
Rights and Responsibilities. You are responsible for all Inputs you submit to our Services and all Actions. By submitting Inputs to our Services, you represent and warrant that you have all rights, licenses, and permissions that are necessary for us to process the Inputs under our Terms and to provi...
Violations of this provision — including unknowing hosting of illegal content uploaded by third parties — can trigger immediate account termination and expose customers to serious criminal and civil liability.
(1) REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: This provision directly implicates 18 U.S.C. § 2256 et seq. (CSAM, DOJ/FBI enforcement), 17 U.S.C. § 512 (DMCA safe harbor, copyright infringement), FTC Act Section 5 (obscene/deceptive content), state criminal statutes on obscenity, and EU law including DSA Arts. 14-16 (illegal content notice-and-action obligations) and GDPR Art. 9 restrictions on sensitive content. CSAM prohibition engages mandatory reporting requirements under 18 U.S.C. § 2258A (NCMEC CyberTipline reporting by electronic service providers). (2)
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