The terms establish a liquidated damages rate of USD $15,000 (or EUR 15,000 for EU/UK users) per 1,000,000 posts accessed in any 24-hour period when a user violates the Terms, applicable on a joint and several basis. This provision is stated to be cumulative with other legal remedies available to X and is framed as a reasonable damages estimate rather than a penalty.
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This provision creates a specific, per-post financial liability mechanism triggered by high-volume platform access in violation of the Terms, with joint and several liability extending to users who induce or facilitate violations. The clause also asserts X's entitlement to injunctive relief for repeated violations, and X expressly reserves the right to pursue additional remedies beyond the stated liquidated damages amount.
Interpretive note: Enforceability of the liquidated damages amount as a reasonable pre-estimate versus a penalty is subject to judicial determination in applicable jurisdictions; EU unfair contract terms doctrine may constrain enforceability against consumers.
Under this clause, any user who accesses more than 1,000,000 posts in a 24-hour period in violation of the Terms may be liable for USD $15,000 per million posts accessed, in addition to other remedies X may pursue. The provision applies to both direct violations and to those who induce or knowingly facilitate others to violate the Terms.
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Compare across platforms →"you further agree that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, if you violate the Terms, or you induce or knowingly facilitate others to do so, in addition to all other legal remedies available to us, you will be jointly and severally liable to us for liquidated damages as follows for requesting, viewing, or accessing more than 1,000,000 posts (including reply posts, video posts, image posts, and any other posts) in any 24-hour period - $15,000 USD per 1,000,000 posts. You agree that these amounts are (i) a reasonable estimate of our damages; (ii) not a penalty; and (iii) not otherwise limiting of our ability to recover from you or others under any legal or equitable theory or claim, including but not limited to statutory damages and/or equitable relief. You further agree that repeated violations of these Terms will irreparably harm and entitle us to injunctive and/or other equitable relief, in addition to monetary damages.Excerpt from X's Terms of Service
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This provision creates a specific, per-post financial liability mechanism triggered by high-volume platform access in violation of the Terms, with joint and several liability extending to users who induce or facilitate violations. The clause also asserts X's entitlement to injunctive relief for repeated violations, and X expressly reserves the right to pursue additional remedies beyond the stated liquidated damages amount.
Under this clause, any user who accesses more than 1,000,000 posts in a 24-hour period in violation of the Terms may be liable for USD $15,000 per million posts accessed, in addition to other remedies X may pursue. The provision applies to both direct violations and to those who induce or knowingly facilitate others to violate the Terms.
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