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The indemnification obligation requires users to bear the financial cost of defending and satisfying claims brought against Substack and its associated parties, including consequential damages—the same category excluded from Substack's own liability to users.
Interpretive note: The excerpt appears to be a partial quotation and likely contains conditions or triggers for the indemnification obligation (such as 'arising out of' specific user conduct) that are not present in the provided text. The canonical claim is limited strictly to what the excerpt states. The omitted triggering conditions are noted here.
Users are required to cover any and all claims, liabilities, actual and consequential damages, losses, and expenses incurred by Substack, its affiliates, officers, agents, employees, and partners.
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The indemnification obligation requires users to bear the financial cost of defending and satisfying claims brought against Substack and its associated parties, including consequential damages—the same category excluded from Substack's own liability to users.
Users are required to cover any and all claims, liabilities, actual and consequential damages, losses, and expenses incurred by Substack, its affiliates, officers, agents, employees, and partners.
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