Captured before automated identity checks (Oct 14, 2026): accurate as of its capture on Apr 19, 2026; our capture on Oct 21, 2026 found the same text, but its identity was not checked by them.
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“cause or encourage any inaccurate measurements of genuine user engagement with the Service, including by paying people or providing them with incentives to increase a video's views, likes, or dislikes...”
“use the Service to (a) sell any advertising, sponsorships, or promotions placed on, around, or within the Service or Content, other than those allowed in the Advertising on YouTube policies...”
“You are not allowed to: access, reproduce, download, distribute, transmit, broadcast, display, sell, license, alter, modify or otherwise use any part of the Service or any Content except: (a) as expressly authorized...”
“THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND YOUTUBE DOES NOT MAKE ANY SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS OR WARRANTIES ABOUT THE SERVICE. FOR EXAMPLE, WE DON'T MAKE ANY WARRANTIES ABOUT: (A) THE CONTENT PROVIDED THROUGH THE SERVICE...”
“YOUTUBE AND ITS AFFILIATES' TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ANY CLAIMS ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THE SERVICE IS LIMITED TO THE GREATER OF: (A) THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE THAT YOUTUBE HAS PAID TO YOU...IN THE 12 MONTHS...AND (B) USD $500.”
“You are legally responsible for the Content you submit to the Service.”
This document sets out the rules for using YouTube Ads: you cannot fake engagement metrics, sell unauthorized advertising, or use the Service's content in ways YouTube has not expressly permitted. If you upload content, you give YouTube Ads broad global rights to use it, and you remain legally responsible for it. YouTube Ads makes no specific promises about the Service, and if something goes wrong, the most you can recover from YouTube Ads is the greater of what YouTube paid you in the past year or USD $500.
This document establishes the terms under which users access and use YouTube Ads and its associated Content, imposing broad restrictions on reproduction, distribution, modification, and unauthorized monetization of the Service. Users grant YouTube Ads a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable, and transferable license to use any Content they submit, including to reproduce, distribute, and prepare derivative works. Users bear full legal responsibility for submitted Content and must defend, indemnify, and hold harmless YouTube Ads, its Affiliates, officers, directors, employees, and agents against claims arising from their use of the Service or any breach of the Agreement. YouTube Ads disclaims all specific warranties and commitments about the Service, caps its and its Affiliates' total liability at the greater of revenue paid to the user in the prior 12 months or USD $500, and reserves the right to suspend or terminate a user's Google account upon material or repeated breach of the Agreement or when otherwise required to do so.
As a user, you are legally responsible for everything you submit to the Service, and you must cover YouTube Ads' legal costs if your conduct or content generates a third-party claim against them. You may not pay or incentivize others to inflate views, likes, or dislikes, and you may not sell advertising or sponsorships on or around the Service except as YouTube's Advertising on YouTube policies allow. YouTube Ads provides the Service without specific warranties, and your maximum financial recovery for any Service-related claim is capped at the greater of what YouTube paid you in the prior 12 months or USD $500. A material or repeated breach of the Agreement can result in suspension or termination of your Google account—not just your access to YouTube Ads.
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1 important change detected
6 versions captured · Latest change detected by ConductAtlas: May 2026
We withheld clauses we had published from this document. Each withholding is recorded in our correction log:
“All claims arising out of or relating to these terms or the Service will be governed by California law, except California's conflict of laws rules, and will be litigated exclusively in the federal or state courts of Santa Clara County...”
“cause or encourage any inaccurate measurements of genuine user engagement with the Service, including by paying people or providing them with incentives to increase a video's views, likes, or dislikes...”
“use the Service to (a) sell any advertising, sponsorships, or promotions placed on, around, or within the Service or Content, other than those allowed in the Advertising on YouTube policies...”
“You are not allowed to: access, reproduce, download, distribute, transmit, broadcast, display, sell, license, alter, modify or otherwise use any part of the Service or any Content except: (a) as expressly authorized...”
“THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND YOUTUBE DOES NOT MAKE ANY SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS OR WARRANTIES ABOUT THE SERVICE. FOR EXAMPLE, WE DON'T MAKE ANY WARRANTIES ABOUT: (A) THE CONTENT PROVIDED THROUGH THE SERVICE...”
“YOUTUBE AND ITS AFFILIATES' TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ANY CLAIMS ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THE SERVICE IS LIMITED TO THE GREATER OF: (A) THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE THAT YOUTUBE HAS PAID TO YOU...IN THE 12 MONTHS...AND (B) USD $500.”
“You are legally responsible for the Content you submit to the Service.”
“Indemnity To the extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless YouTube, its Affiliates, officers, directors, employees and agents...arising from: (i) your use of and access to the Service; (ii) your violation of any term …”
“By providing Content to the Service, you grant to YouTube a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable and transferable license to use that Content (including to reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works...”
“YouTube reserves the right to suspend or terminate your Google account or your access to all or part of the Service if (a) you materially or repeatedly breach this Agreement; (b) we are required to do so...”
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