: What liability concerns do advertising vendors raise, and how can I address them? One of the websites I administer wants to provide free advertising in the form of direct links to vendors at
One of the websites I administer wants to provide free advertising in the form of direct links to vendors at an event they are running. Up until now, there has been no advertising whatsoever on the site (or any of our other sites).
The site is for a for-profit business.
The idea of implicit endorsement of any vendors we advertise has been raised, which brought up the question of what we need to do, if anything, to protect ourselves from any potential problems such endorsement might create.
I know that many sites have clauses in their Terms of Service that state that (in a nutshell) they are not responsible for any problems or grievances between the visitors to the site and any vendor advertised or linked.
Are there other steps that a website typically takes when considering advertising, such as getting the advertiser to provide some sort of certification that their ad will not violate any trademarks or copyrighted material?
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You should get advertisers to sign or otherwise accept an official 'Advertising Agreement' as part of the ad submissions process; after they upload their image, for example, or by returning a signed PDF if they submit ad artwork by email.
Ideally you'd pay a lawyer to draft this agreement for you so that it's specific to your needs; it could include a clause that protects you should the ad prove offensive or violate trademarks, for example.
If you're not able to pay a lawyer, there are pre-existing templates for Advertising Agreements, such as this one, although I generally advise against using off-the-shelf legal forms; they are often too broad to offer dependable protection, and people sometimes forget to check that the template they're purchasing is written for the country they're operating in.
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