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Permanent Accounts are usually given to LiveJournal developers or users who have volunteered a significant amount of time to the project. In the past, Permanent Accounts have also been sold, but these sales are infrequent. Any future sales of Permanent Accounts will be announced at http://www.livejournal.com/news.bml. In addition to having full access to the Paid Account benefits with no set expiration date, users with Permanent Accounts can:

* Upload up to 50 user pictures.

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