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		Ask HN: Where does the liability for actions by an AWS server lie?
		1 point by adityar on Aug 31, 2015 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment
		If a user misuses a AWS provisioned EC2 instance (such as hosting copyrighted material without permissions), does Amazon have a liability here? What if a user on an app/infrastructure (Heroku) using AWS misuses his/her instance? Is there any liability faced by Heroku/AWS?

mtmail on Aug 31, 2015 [–]

They provide infrastructure, so they're no more liable than a phone company when you commit fraud over the phone.

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