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Any AVC-related use not expressly described in the license is excluded from coverage, with no implied rights available to fill the gap.
Interpretive note: This excerpt is a standalone restriction; its full effect depends on the affirmative grants described in surrounding clauses (ids 59191, 59195, 59189), which define what uses are expressly covered.
Readers are not permitted to rely on any implied license for AVC use; only the expressly licensed uses are covered.
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Relates to commercial activities (including, without limitation, sales, competitions, employment or investment opportunities, promotions, and advertising, solicitation for services, sex work, "sugar daddy" or "sugar baby" relationships, links to other websites...)
Our Products and Services are intended to be accessed and used for noncritical, non-commercial, home-based, personal uses and not for safety, security, or time-sensitive purposes.
Upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of commercial solicitation...
"NO LICENSE IS GRANTED OR SHALL BE IMPLIED FOR ANY OTHER USE.Excerpt from Google's Chrome Terms of Service
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Any AVC-related use not expressly described in the license is excluded from coverage, with no implied rights available to fill the gap.
Readers are not permitted to rely on any implied license for AVC use; only the expressly licensed uses are covered.
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