“User is solely responsible for, and Stripe disclaims all liability for, the provision of goods and services sold to User's Customers as part of User's use of the Services...”
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The clause allocates full responsibility for customer-facing commerce to the User and removes Stripe from any liability for that commerce, leaving Users with no recourse against Stripe for product or service disputes.
Interpretive note: The excerpt contains two co-equal propositions—User's sole responsibility and Stripe's disclaimer of liability—stated in the same clause. The User's sole responsibility is treated as the primary proposition; Stripe's disclaimer is recorded in omitted_material.
Users bear sole responsibility for everything related to the goods and services they sell to customers; Stripe accepts no liability for that activity.
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"User is solely responsible for, and Stripe disclaims all liability for, the provision of goods and services sold to User's Customers as part of User's use of the Services...Excerpt from Stripe's Connected Account Agreement
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The clause allocates full responsibility for customer-facing commerce to the User and removes Stripe from any liability for that commerce, leaving Users with no recourse against Stripe for product or service disputes.
Users bear sole responsibility for everything related to the goods and services they sell to customers; Stripe accepts no liability for that activity.
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