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The clause extends publisher liability beyond their own direct actions to encompass the conduct of third-party ad networks and affiliates, meaning publishers can be held responsible for others' policy violations.
Interpretive note: The phrase 'such methods' is a reference to prohibited methods defined elsewhere in the policy document that are not included in this excerpt. The canonical claim uses 'prohibited methods' as a faithful paraphrase of that referential term without specifying what those methods are, since the excerpt does not enumerate them.
Publishers bear responsibility for the traffic methods used by their ad networks and affiliates, not only for their own direct conduct.
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Indemnifying Party will not settle any Claim for which it has an obligation to indemnify under this Section 6 admitting liability or fault on behalf of Indemnified Party, nor create any obligation on behalf of Indemnified Party without Indemnified Party's prior written consent...
Indemnifying Party will not settle any Claim for which it has an obligation to indemnify under this Section 6 admitting liability or fault on behalf of Indemnified Party, nor create any obligation on behalf of Indemnified Party without Indemnified Party's prior written consent...
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"It is your responsibility to ensure that no ad network or affiliate uses such methods to direct traffic to pages that contain your AdSense code.Excerpt from Google Ads's Google AdSense Program Policies
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The clause extends publisher liability beyond their own direct actions to encompass the conduct of third-party ad networks and affiliates, meaning publishers can be held responsible for others' policy violations.
Publishers bear responsibility for the traffic methods used by their ad networks and affiliates, not only for their own direct conduct.
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