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The indemnification clause establishes a financial obligation structure whereby users assume liability exposure for legal claims and defense costs that Zoom or its officers and employees may incur in connection with user conduct or content. This mechanism allocates dispute costs and legal defense responsibility to the user rather than to Zoom.
Users agree to pay Zoom's legal costs and damages if claims arise from the user's service use, Agreement violations, third-party right violations, or user-generated content injuries. This obligation applies regardless of whether Zoom bears any contributory responsibility for the underlying claim.
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"You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Zoom and its officers, directors, employees, agents, and successors from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs, arising out of or in any way connected with (i) your access to or use of the Services; (ii) your violation of this Agreement; (iii) your violation of any third-party right, including any intellectual property right or privacy right; or (iv) any claim that your Customer Content caused damage to a third party.— Excerpt from Zoom's Zoom Terms of Service
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The indemnification clause establishes a financial obligation structure whereby users assume liability exposure for legal claims and defense costs that Zoom or its officers and employees may incur in connection with user conduct or content. This mechanism allocates dispute costs and legal defense responsibility to the user rather than to Zoom.
Users agree to pay Zoom's legal costs and damages if claims arise from the user's service use, Agreement violations, third-party right violations, or user-generated content injuries. This obligation applies regardless of whether Zoom bears any contributory responsibility for the underlying claim.
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