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[Issue] Unauthorized or inappropriate use [Comments] 
Vendor form contracts may attempt to make us responsible for affirmatively preventing any "unauthorized" or "inappropriate" use of the vendor's service by others, or perhaps to use "best efforts" or "commercially reasonable efforts" to do so. Given that these services are "in the cloud" and therefore largely outside our control, it is preferable to provide only that we will not "authorize" or "knowingly allow" such uses. Such contracts also may require us to notify the vendor of "all" unauthorized or inappropriate uses of which we become aware. Particularly with respect to vendors with broadly stated AUPs or terms of service, such expansive obligations seem burdensome and unnecessary. It is preferable to replace "all" with "material" or some similar, higher threshold.
IT: Legal and Quasi-Legal Issues in Cloud Computing Contracts
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