The policy prohibits users from creating any content, products, or services that incorporate or are derived from any part of the End User Services.
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This provision establishes that users may not build upon, incorporate, or use any component of the End User Services as an input for the creation of third-party content, products, or services, which has direct implications for developers or users who might otherwise integrate End User Services functionality.
Interpretive note: The clause does not define 'any part of the End User Services' or specify whether incidental or unintentional use falls within scope, creating ambiguity about the breadth of this restriction in practice.
Under this clause, users are prohibited from using any element of the End User Services as a basis for creating their own content, products, or services. This restriction applies regardless of whether the resulting creation is commercial or personal in nature, as the clause does not qualify the type of content, product, or service.
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"You must not, and must not allow others to: Create content, products, or services using any part of the End User Services— Excerpt from Stripe's Stripe Acceptable Use Policy
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages intellectual property law, including copyright and potentially trade secret protections applicable in the jurisdictions where Stripe operates. Consumer protection frameworks may apply if this restriction is found to be broader than what users would reasonably anticipate in a personal-use service agreement. (2) GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The prohibition is broadly stated without limiting qualifiers, which means even incidental use of End User Services output in creating personal content could technically fall within the clause. The absence of a fair use or personal exception may create interpretive tension with applicable copyright law in some jurisdictions. (3) JURISDICTION FLAGS: EU users may benefit from database directive exceptions and software interoperability rights under the EU Software Directive that could limit the enforceability of this restriction. UK copyright law includes certain permitted acts that may similarly limit how this provision applies in practice. (4) CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Developers or integrators who access Stripe End User Services should treat this clause as a hard boundary on derivative use, as any downstream product or service incorporating End User Services components would fall within this prohibition. (5) COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Legal teams should assess whether any internal or external products, tools, or services have been built using outputs or components of Stripe End User Services, and whether such use constitutes a violation of this provision.
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This provision establishes that users may not build upon, incorporate, or use any component of the End User Services as an input for the creation of third-party content, products, or services, which has direct implications for developers or users who might otherwise integrate End User Services functionality.
Under this clause, users are prohibited from using any element of the End User Services as a basis for creating their own content, products, or services. This restriction applies regardless of whether the resulting creation is commercial or personal in nature, as the clause does not qualify the type of content, product, or service.
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