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Access can be cut off not only for confirmed violations but also for anticipated violations, and the action can affect not just the account holder but also their Authorized Users and customers.
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.
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"OpenRouter may suspend, restrict, disable, or terminate your, any of your Authorized User's, and your customers' access to any Model if we reasonably believe that you, one of your Authorized Users, or your customer(s) has violated, or may violate, any Model Terms.— Excerpt from OpenRouter's OpenRouter Terms of Service
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Access can be cut off not only for confirmed violations but also for anticipated violations, and the action can affect not just the account holder but also their Authorized Users and customers.
Readers may lose access to a Model — as may their Authorized Users and customers — based on OpenRouter's reasonable belief of a violation, even a potential future one.
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