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Binding arbitration removes access to courts and jury trials for all disputes, and prohibits class-wide legal action against OpenRouter.
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The updated terms clarify that enabling prompt logging automatically activates chat logging as well, and grant OpenRouter a perpetual, worldwide license to use your content for service provision and commercial purposes. This includes the explicit right to license or sell your user content in anonymized form. Users accessing Stealth Program models must now also agree to a separate End User License Agreement. You can disable prompt logging in your account settings if you do not wish to grant these permissions.
View change record →Readers cannot sue OpenRouter in court or join a class action; all disputes must go through binding arbitration.
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This Arbitration Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall include any claims brought by or against any third parties, including but not limited to your spouses, heirs, third-party beneficiaries and permitted assigns...
Neither you nor we may elect arbitration of any claims seeking only individualized relief asserted by you or us in small claims court, so long as the action remains in that court and is not removed or appealed de novo...
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"every dispute arising in connection with these Terms will be resolved by binding arbitration... YOU AND OPENROUTER ARE EACH WAIVING THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY OR TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION.— Excerpt from OpenRouter's OpenRouter Terms of Service
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Binding arbitration removes access to courts and jury trials for all disputes, and prohibits class-wide legal action against OpenRouter.
Readers cannot sue OpenRouter in court or join a class action; all disputes must go through binding arbitration.
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