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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 establish an 18-year minimum age requirement with no parental consent pathway, effectively excluding users under 18 from the Service. For users uploading files, OpenRouter reserves the right to screen, scan, and review files at any time without notice, including through automated detection for CSAM and malware, and may suspend access or report files to law enforcement as required by law. The terms clarify that OpenRouter retains independent legal obligations to report apparent CSAM to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children under federal law, and establish a DMCA takedown procedure with potential account termination for repeat infringers. You can review OpenRouter's Privacy Policy for details on file retention and deletion procedures.
View change record →The updated terms establish explicit liability for all activity and charges under a user's account or API credentials, except where directly caused by OpenRouter's breach of the Terms. Users must now promptly notify OpenRouter of any actual or suspected compromise or unauthorized use of credentials. OpenRouter reserves the right to suspend, revoke, or limit API credentials or account access if it reasonably believes doing so is necessary to protect the Service, the user, OpenRouter, or any third party. Additionally, promotional credits are now defined as non-refundable, non-transferable, and subject to expiration, with no cash value and no entitlement to standard refund rights. You can review your API credential security settings and update your account information through your account page.
View change record →The updated terms establish explicit commercial licensing rights over user content when prompt logging is enabled. Specifically, when you opt into prompt logging, OpenRouter gains a worldwide, perpetual license to use, modify, reproduce, and distribute your user content, including the right to license or sell anonymized versions for commercial purposes. The terms also introduce new warranty requirements stating that you represent you own or have rights to your inputs and that they do not infringe third-party intellectual property or privacy rights. Additionally, users accessing Stealth Program models must now agree to a separate End User License Agreement. You can review your account settings to understand whether prompt logging is enabled and adjust this setting if desired.
View change record →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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If any subscription fee is not paid in a timely manner or your transaction cannot be processed, we reserve the right to suspend, disable, cancel, or terminate your access to the Services or your DashPass subscription.
"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 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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