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This indemnification clause establishes a cost-shifting mechanism that allocates legal defense and liability expenses to users for certain categories of disputes. The provision expands Snap's protection by making users responsible for defending the company against a broad range of claims connected to user conduct or user-generated content.
Users assume the obligation to pay for Snap's legal defense and any resulting damages or settlements in disputes arising from their use of the service, their Terms violations, their infringement of third-party rights, or harm allegedly caused by their content. This obligation applies regardless of whether Snap bears any responsibility for the underlying claim.
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"You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Snap and its affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, agents, and employees, from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including attorneys' fees) arising from: (i) your use of the Services; (ii) your violation of these Terms; (iii) your violation of any third-party right, including any intellectual property right or privacy right; or (iv) any claim that your content caused damage to a third party.— Excerpt from Snapchat's Snapchat Terms of Service
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This indemnification clause establishes a cost-shifting mechanism that allocates legal defense and liability expenses to users for certain categories of disputes. The provision expands Snap's protection by making users responsible for defending the company against a broad range of claims connected to user conduct or user-generated content.
Users assume the obligation to pay for Snap's legal defense and any resulting damages or settlements in disputes arising from their use of the service, their Terms violations, their infringement of third-party rights, or harm allegedly caused by their content. This obligation applies regardless of whether Snap bears any responsibility for the underlying claim.
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