Ideogram prohibits using its service to generate content that infringes others' rights, is illegal, deceptive, defamatory, obscene, hateful, violent, or promotes harmful activities.
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The clause creates binding usage obligations across seven categories of prohibited content, establishing the operational boundaries for permissible use of the service and output generation. Compliance with these restrictions is a material condition of the service agreement.
Generating prohibited content, even inadvertently, can lead to account suspension and loss of access to the platform, as well as potential third-party legal claims if generated content infringes IP or privacy rights.
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Restricted Content includes clear violations of our Content Policy or applicable laws, and is subject to immediate action. Content designed to disrupt, damage, or gain unauthorized access to systems or devices. Content that attempts to transmit or generate malicious code (e.g., malware, trojans, vir...
You agree to comply with our Usage Policies, which are incorporated into these Terms. You may not use our Services to develop or train competing AI models, to generate content that violates our policies, or for any illegal purpose. Violation of our Usage Policies may result in suspension or terminat...
You agree not to engage in any of the following prohibited activities: (i) copying, distributing, or disclosing any part of the Service in any medium; (ii) using any automated system, including without limitation 'robots,' 'spiders,' 'offline readers,' etc., to access the Service; (iii) transmitting...
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"You agree not to post, upload, publish, submit, or transmit any Content or use the Services to create any Output that: (a) infringes, misappropriates, or violates a third party's patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, moral rights, or other intellectual property rights, or rights of publicity or privacy; (b) violates, or encourages any conduct that would violate, any applicable law or regulation or would give rise to civil liability; (c) is fraudulent, false, misleading, or deceptive; (d) is defamatory, obscene, pornographic, vulgar, or offensive; (e) promotes discrimination, bigotry, racism, hatred, harassment, or harm against any individual or group; (f) is violent or threatening or promotes violence or actions that are threatening to any person or entity; or (g) promotes illegal or harmful activities or substances.— Excerpt from Ideogram's Ideogram Terms of Service
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: These prohibitions engage with copyright law (17 U.S.C.), defamation law, and applicable laws on harmful content. For EU users, the EU Digital Services Act imposes obligations on platforms regarding illegal content moderation and takedown, which interacts with Ideogram's prohibited content framework. In the U.S., Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act may provide Ideogram some immunity for user-generated content, though its application to AI-generated outputs is unsettled. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The breadth of the prohibited content categories, particularly 'offensive' content and content that 'promotes discrimination,' involves subjective judgment calls by Ideogram that may result in inconsistent enforcement. Business users should be aware that account termination based on content determinations may occur without detailed explanation under the terms as written. JURISDICTION FLAGS: What constitutes prohibited 'obscene' or 'offensive' content varies significantly by jurisdiction. EU platforms are subject to the Digital Services Act's transparency requirements regarding content moderation decisions, including the right to appeal content removals, which may create additional obligations for Ideogram in the EU. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Enterprises using Ideogram to generate content for client projects should include representations about permitted use in their own service agreements with clients, and should implement content review processes to avoid generating outputs that trigger Ideogram's prohibited content rules. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Legal teams should review Ideogram's Usage Policies in conjunction with these prohibited content provisions to understand the full scope of restrictions, and assess whether their business use cases are clearly within permitted parameters.
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The clause creates binding usage obligations across seven categories of prohibited content, establishing the operational boundaries for permissible use of the service and output generation. Compliance with these restrictions is a material condition of the service agreement.
Generating prohibited content, even inadvertently, can lead to account suspension and loss of access to the platform, as well as potential third-party legal claims if generated content infringes IP or privacy rights.
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