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Prohibition on Intellectual Property Infringement

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Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

This clause establishes a contractual obligation that aligns AWS's acceptable use requirements with applicable intellectual property law, creating a binding constraint on permitted service uses within the agreement.

Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
3
Months Monitored
Apr 27, 2026
First Seen
Apr 27, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 165 other provisions on other platforms.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Users are contractually prohibited from using AWS infrastructure to engage in specified intellectual property infringement activities, meaning services may be suspended or terminated if such use is detected or reported.

How other platforms handle this

Pinterest Medium

Pinterest respects intellectual property rights and asks that you do too. We've adopted a policy of terminating, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts of users who are repeat infringers of intellectual property rights. Please review our Copyright policy and Trademark policy for further details ...

Groq Medium

You acknowledge and agree that the Websites may contain content that is protected by intellectual property rights, such as copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, or other rights and laws. You agree not to copy, modify, or create a derivative work of, sell, resell, sublicense, transfer, or distr...

Threads Medium

You own the content you create and share on Threads and the other Meta Products... However, when you share or post content, you give us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, sub-licensable, worldwide license to host, use, distribute, modify, run, copy, publicly perform or display, translate, ...

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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You may not use the Services to infringe upon or violate the intellectual property rights or other proprietary rights of any third party, including copying, distributing, or making derivative works of copyrighted content without authorization.

— Excerpt from Amazon's AWS Acceptable Use Policy

Applicable regulations

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United States Federal

Provision details

Document information
Document
AWS Acceptable Use Policy
Entity
Amazon
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
April 27, 2026
Last verified
May 12, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-003253
Document ID
CA-D-00028
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
35a0e34b7136e83dd0dca01e14dd192b01d7012211f2617232fe3d1a27218091
Analysis generated
April 27, 2026 10:50 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Amazon
Document: AWS Acceptable Use Policy
Record ID: CA-P-003253
Captured: 2026-04-27 10:50:37 UTC
SHA-256: 35a0e34b7136e83d…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/amazon/aws-acceptable-use-policy/prohibition-on-intellectual-property-infringement/
Accessed: June 24, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Amazon's Prohibition on Intellectual Property Infringement clause do?

This clause establishes a contractual obligation that aligns AWS's acceptable use requirements with applicable intellectual property law, creating a binding constraint on permitted service uses within the agreement.

How does this clause affect you?

Users are contractually prohibited from using AWS infrastructure to engage in specified intellectual property infringement activities, meaning services may be suspended or terminated if such use is detected or reported.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 1 platforms. See the full comparison.

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