The agreement requires users to indemnify YouTube and its Affiliates against all claims, damages, and attorney's fees arising from the user's Service use, agreement violations, third-party rights violations, or content-caused damages, with this obligation surviving termination of the agreement.
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This provision establishes an indemnification obligation that survives the termination of the agreement and extends to YouTube's Affiliates, officers, directors, employees, and agents. The scope includes claims arising from general use of the Service, not solely from content uploads or specific violations.
Interpretive note: The enforceability of broad indemnification clauses against individual consumers varies by jurisdiction; the clause itself acknowledges it applies only to the extent permitted by applicable law.
This provision requires users to cover YouTube's legal costs and damages in any third-party claim arising from the user's use of the Service, their agreement violations, or their uploaded content, including attorney's fees. The obligation is stated to survive the end of the user's agreement with YouTube.
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"To the extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless YouTube, its Affiliates, officers, directors, employees and agents, from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney's fees) arising from: (i) your use of and access to the Service; (ii) your violation of any term of this Agreement; (iii) your violation of any third party right, including without limitation any copyright, property, or privacy right; or (iv) any claim that your Content caused damage to a third party. This defense and indemnification obligation will survive this Agreement and your use of the Service.Excerpt from YouTube Ads's YouTube Terms of Service
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This provision establishes an indemnification obligation that survives the termination of the agreement and extends to YouTube's Affiliates, officers, directors, employees, and agents. The scope includes claims arising from general use of the Service, not solely from content uploads or specific violations.
This provision requires users to cover YouTube's legal costs and damages in any third-party claim arising from the user's use of the Service, their agreement violations, or their uploaded content, including attorney's fees. The obligation is stated to survive the end of the user's agreement with YouTube.
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