Terms of Use

Last Updated: January 25, 2018

Welcome to Princeton University Press located at https://press.princeton.edu (the “Website”).  This Website is owned by Princeton University Press  (“Company”, “we”, “our” or “us”). YOUR ACCESS AND USE OF THE WEBSITE IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TERMS OF USE AND ALL APPLICABLE LAWS. BY ACCESSING OR USING ANY PART OF THIS WEBSITE, YOU ACCEPT, WITHOUT LIMITATION OR QUALIFICATION, THESE TERMS OF USE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ALL OF THE TERMS OF USE SET FORTH BELOW, YOU MAY NOT USE ANY PORTION OF THE WEBSITE.

THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CONTAIN AN ARBITRATION AGREEMENT AND CLASS ACTION WAIVER. PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY, SINCE THEY AFFECT YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS.

 

Accessibility: If you are having any trouble accessing these Terms and Conditions or the Website, please contact us at 609-258-4900. Our hours of operations are: 9:00 AM – 5 PM EST (UTC -5).

Authorized Use of Website:  This Website is provided for your personal and non-commercial use and for informational purposes only. Any other use of the Website requires the prior written consent of Company. If applicable, you must be 18 years old or the age of majority in your jurisdiction in order to make a purchase on this Website.

Privacy Policy:  Please review our Privacy Policy, which is incorporate herein by reference, to understand our data collection, use and privacy practices.

Accuracy of Information: We attempt to be as accurate as possible when describing our products and other information on the Website; however we do not warrant that the product descriptions, colors, information or other content available on the Website are accurate, complete, reliable, current, or error-free. This Website may contain typographical errors or inaccuracies and may not be complete or current. We therefore reserve the right to correct any errors, inaccuracies or omissions (including after an order has been submitted) and to change or update information at any time without prior notice. Please note that such errors, inaccuracies or omissions may relate to pricing and availability, and we reserve the right to cancel or refuse to accept any order placed based on incorrect pricing or availability information. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Unauthorized Use of Website:  You may not use spiders, robots, data mining techniques or other automated devices or programs to catalog, download or otherwise reproduce, store or distribute content available on the Website. Further, you may not use any such automated means to manipulate the Website, such as automating what are otherwise manual or one-off procedures. You may not take any action to interfere with, or disrupt, the Website or any other user's use of the Website, including, without limitation, via means of overloading, “flooding”, “mailbombing” or “crashing” the Website, circumventing security or user authentication measures or attempting to exceed the limited authorization and access granted to you under these Terms and Conditions. You may not frame portions of the Website within another Website. You may not resell use of, or access to, the Website to any third party without our prior written consent.

Information Provided: In order to access certain services on the Website, you may be required to provide specific information. All information about you must be truthful, and you may not use any aliases or other means to mask your true identity. We may suspend or terminate your access at any time with or without notice. RESPECT TO THE PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS BLOG PLEASE NOTE THAT IT IS NOT SPONSORED, ENDORSED OR ADMINISTERED BY, OR ASSOCIATED WITH, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY. ANY INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE IS TO COMPANY AND NOT PRINCETON UNIVERSITY.

Proprietary Rights: Company is the owner of or otherwise licensed to use all parts of the Website, including all copy, software, graphics, designs and all copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights contained therein.

Some materials displayed or published on the Website belong to third parties that Company is authorized to use and display, such as research reports, news articles, blog posts, commissioned content, third party logos and trademarks and other proprietary materials (“Third Party Materials”). For clarity, Company is not the author or contributor of such Third Party Materials, such as articles posted on the Website. Company and its official partners may use such Third Party Materials (which may include User Content as defined below) for self-promotional and other promotional and/or marketing purposes as well as in connection with publisher or third party platform partnerships or collaborations.

By using the Website, you agree not to copy, distribute, modify or make derivative works of any materials without the prior written consent of the owner of such materials. None of the material contained on the Website may be reverse-engineered, disassembled, decompiled, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, translated into any language or computer language, retransmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photo reproduction, recordation or otherwise), resold or redistributed without the prior written consent of Company. Except as expressly set forth in these Terms of Use, or as otherwise may be agreed upon between you and Company (or set forth in the Reuse Policy for authors), no license is granted to you and no rights are conveyed by virtue of accessing or using the Website. All rights not granted under these Terms of Use are reserved by Company.

For journalists and editors who are interested in the republication of any User Content or Third Party Materials originally published on the Website, or for any individuals or entities seeking to make any use of any material published to the Website (including any commercial use), please contact blog@press.princeton.edu.

No Ideas Accepted: We do not accept any unsolicited ideas to this Website from outside the company including without limitation suggestions about advertising or promotions, or merchandising of any products, additions to our services, or changes in methods of doing business.  We may already be working on or may in the future work on a similar idea. This policy eliminates concerns about ownership of such ideas. If, notwithstanding this policy, you submit an unsolicited idea to this Website, you understand and acknowledge that such idea is not submitted in confidence and we assume no obligation, expressed or implied, by considering it. You further understand that we shall exclusively own all known or hereafter existing rights to the idea everywhere in the world, and that such idea is hereby irrevocably assigned to us.  Without limiting the foregoing, to the extent any such assignment is deemed unenforceable, and or to the extent necessary for Company to utilize your submission, you hereby grant Company an irrevocable, perpetual, world-wide license to use the idea and any associated intellectual property in any manner, in any medium now known or hereafter developed, without compensation to you. 

License to Your Content:
You hereby grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, transferable, sublicenseable royalty free right and license to display, share, distribute, reformat, edit, modify and otherwise use the information and content (including text, pictures, etc.) you submit for use on the Website (the “User Content”) for any purpose, in any manner, and in any form in connection with the Website without your approval and without any further compensation to you. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to refuse to post or remove any content submitted by you. Authors of Third Party Materials featured on the Website may have certain rights to reuse or use their content for archival and self-promotional purposes as agreed upon between the applicable author and Company (and/or as may be published from time to time by Company (the “Reuse Policy”).

Standards for User Content:
You are solely responsible for your User Content. You represent and warrant that you have all rights necessary to upload the User Content and to grant us the rights herein and all opinions expressed are genuinely held based upon your belief and consideration. You shall ensure that User Content is 100% original and does not violate the privacy rights, publicity rights, intellectual property rights, or any other rights of any person. User Content may not contain any content that (a) is illegal, obscene, or defamatory, (b) infringes intellectual property or personal rights, (c) promotes dangerous or illegal activities, or (d) is otherwise reasonably objectionable. We are under no obligation to screen or monitor such postings, but we may review them from time to time and make determinations as to what content is appropriate in our sole discretion. We may edit or remove any content at any time for any reason without notice. We disclaim all responsibility for any postings or submissions you may make and all liability arising therefrom. You agree to be solely liable for your postings and/or submissions and any information and materials that they contain. The views and opinions of Third Party Materials or User Content on the Website are not necessarily those of the Princeton University Press.

Prohibited Activities:
The following is an illustrative list of some of the things you may not do on or in connection with the Website. Without limitation, you agree that you will not post, submit or transmit to other users anything that contains content that is obscene or offensive, that infringes the rights (including intellectual property, publicity and/or privacy rights) of any third party, that is illegal or promotes any illegal activities, or that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment or contains any form of solicitation (including junk mail, spam, pyramid schemes, etc.).

Products, Specifications and Refunds. The inclusion of any products or services on the Website does not imply or warrant that these products or services will be available at any particular time or that the listed attributes are accurate or complete. In the event a product is listed at an incorrect price due to typographical error or error in pricing or other information, we will have the right to cancel orders of any such product, whether or not the order has been confirmed and/or your credit card or other payment method has been charged.   The actual color of products you see will depend in part on your computer system, and we cannot guarantee any color or texture or detail of actual products will be accurate.   Further, we do not endorse and have not verified the accuracy or reliability of any opinion or statement made on the Website by any third party, including but not limited to customers, manufacturers, distributors or suppliers of products and services sold through the Website.  In addition, we may make changes to information about price, availability or other product attributes without notice. Your receipt of an order confirmation from us does not signify our acceptance of your order, nor does it constitute confirmation of our offer to sell. With respect to the shipment of products and services sold through the Website, risk of loss and title for items purchased from the Website pass to you upon delivery of the items to the carrier. You are responsible for filing any claims with carriers for damaged and/or lost shipments. By placing an order, you represent that the products ordered are legal to possess and use where you intend to possess and use them and will be possessed or used only in a lawful manner, in accordance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations, including copyright law. We may require additional verifications or other information prior to the acceptance and/or shipment of any order.  If we reject, limit, or otherwise modify your order, we will attempt to notify you using the e-mail address you provide to us. If we cancel an order or part of an order that we’ve already charged you for, we’ll refund you the full amount of the canceled portion of the order. Please also review our Refund and Return Policy, located here. Use of the Website indicates your acceptance of our Refund and Return Policy.

Claims of Copyright Infringement: Materials may be made available via the Website by third parties or other Users not within our control (such as User Content or Third Party Materials). We are under no obligation to, and do not, scan content used in connection with the Website for the inclusion of illegal or impermissible content. However, we respect the copyright interests of others. It is our policy not to permit materials known by us to infringe another party’s copyright to remain on the Website.

If you believe any materials on the Website infringe a copyright, you should provide us with written notice that at a minimum contains:

  1. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
  2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site;
  3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material;
  4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted;
  5. A statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
  6. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

All DMCA notices should be sent to our designated agent as follows:

Princeton University Press
c/o Permissions Department

permissions@press.princeton.edu.

Third Party Links: This Website may contain links to other Websites not maintained by us. Other Websites may also reference or link to our Website. We encourage you to be aware when you leave our Website and to read the terms and conditions and privacy statements of each and every Website that you visit.  We are not responsible for the practices or the content of such other Websites.

No Warranties:  WHILE COMPANY USES REASONABLE EFFORTS TO INCLUDE UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE, EXCEPT FOR THE EXPRESS WARRANTIES STATED ON OUR WEBSITE, COMPANY MAKES NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS AS TO THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE WEBSITE, INCLUDING ALL CONTENT MADE AVAILABLE ON OR ACCESSED THROUGH THE WEBSITE, IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND COMPANY MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER FOR THE CONTENT ON THE WEBSITE. FURTHER, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY LAW, COMPANY DISCLAIMS ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, NON-INFRINGEMENT, TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN THE WEBSITE OR ANY MATERIALS OR CONTENT CONTAINED THEREIN WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE WEBSITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE IS FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, COMPANY SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR THE USE OF THE WEBSITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE CONTENT AND ANY ERRORS CONTAINED THEREIN.

IN NO EVENT WILL COMPANY BE LIABLE UNDER ANY THEORY OF TORT, CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY FOR ANY LOST PROFITS, LOST DATA, LOST OPPORTUNITIES, COSTS OF COVER, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, PERSONAL INJURY/WRONGFUL DEATH, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT OR OTHER CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. FURTHER, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL COMPANY BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT DAMAGES EXCEEDING THE GREATER OF THE FEES YOU PAID TO COMPANY FOR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES IN THE TWELVE MONTHS PRECEEDING THE CLAIM OR ONE HUNDRED UNITED STATES DOLLARS.

Changes:  All information posted on the Website is subject to change without notice.  In addition, these Terms and Conditions may be changed at any time without prior notice. We will make such changes by posting them on the Website. You should check the Website for such changes frequently.  Your continued access of the Website after such changes conclusively demonstrates your acceptance of those changes. Additionally, we may modify or discontinue the Website, with or without notice to you and that we will not be liable to you or any third party as a result of such modification or discontinuation.

Indemnification:  You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Company, its employees, directors, officers, agents, business partners, affiliates, contractors, distribution partners and representatives from and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities, costs or expenses, including attorney’s fees and costs, arising from, or related to (i) your use of the Website, (ii) any breach by you of any of these Terms and Conditions, (iii) any violation of applicable law. 

Severability:  If any part of these Terms and Conditions shall be held or declared to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason by any court of competent jurisdiction, such provision shall be ineffective but shall not affect any other part of these Terms and Conditions, and in such event, such provision shall be changed and interpreted so as to best accomplish the objectives of such unenforceable or invalid provision within the limits of applicable law or applicable court decisions.

Waiver; Remedies:  The failure of Company to partially or fully exercise any rights or the waiver of Company of any breach of these Terms and Conditions by you shall not prevent a subsequent exercise of such right by Company or be deemed a waiver by Company of any subsequent breach by you of the same or any other term of these Terms and Conditions.  The rights and remedies of Company under these Terms and Conditions and any other applicable agreement between you and Company shall be cumulative, and the exercise of any such right or remedy shall not limit Company’s right to exercise any other right or remedy.

Governing Law; Dispute Resolution; Arbitration:  The laws of the State of New York shall govern these Terms and Conditions. While we will make reasonable efforts to resolve any disagreements you may have with Company, if these efforts fail you agree that all claims, disputes or controversies against Company arising out of these Terms and Conditions, or the purchase of any products or services (“Claims”) shall be exclusively submitted to binding arbitration (except for matters that may be taken to small claims court), no matter what legal theory they are based on or what remedy (damages, or injunctive or declaratory relief) they seek. This includes Claims based on contract, tort (including intentional tort), fraud, agency, your or our negligence, statutory or regulatory provisions, or any other sources of law; Claims made as counterclaims, cross-claims, third- party claims, interpleaders or otherwise; and Claims made independently or with other claims. The party filing arbitration must submit Claims to the American Arbitration Association and follow its rules and procedures for initiating and pursuing arbitration. Any arbitration hearing that you attend will be held at a place chosen by the American Arbitration Association in the same city as the U.S. District Court closest to your then current residential address, or at some other place to which you and Company agree in writing, and the arbitrator shall apply New York law consistent with the Federal Arbitration Act. YOU SHALL NOT BE ENTITLED TO JOIN OR CONSOLIDATE CLAIMS IN ARBITRATION BY OR AGAINST OTHER USERS OR TO ARBITRATE ANY CLAIM AS A REPRESENTATIVE OR MEMBER OF A CLASS OR IN A PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL CAPACITY. You may obtain copies of the current rules, and forms and instructions for initiating arbitration by contacting the American Arbitration Association at using the contact information noted below.

American Arbitration Association

Website: www.adr.org

A single, neutral arbitrator will resolve Claims. The arbitrator will be either a lawyer with at least ten (10) years’ experience or a retired or former judge, selected in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association. The arbitration will follow the procedures and rules of the American Arbitration Association which are in effect on the date the arbitration is filed unless those procedures and rules are inconsistent with these Terms and Conditions, in which case these Terms and Conditions will prevail. Those procedures and rules may limit the discovery available to you or us. The arbitrator will take reasonable steps to protect your customer account information and other confidential information if requested to do so by you or us. Each party to the arbitration will bear the expense of that party’s attorneys, experts, and witnesses, and other expenses, regardless of which party prevails, but a party may recover any or all expenses from another party if the arbitrator, applying applicable law, so determines. The arbitrator’s award is final and binding on the parties.

ANY CLAIM YOU HAVE MUST BE COMMENCED WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER THE DATE THE CLAIM ARISES. AS NOTED ABOVE, YOU AND COMPANY HEREBY VOLUNTARILY AND KNOWINGLY WAIVE ANY RIGHT EITHER MAY HAVE TO A JURY TRIAL.

We will not choose to arbitrate any Claim you bring in small claims court. However, if such a Claim is determined by the court to be outside its jurisdiction, the parties agree that the dispute shall then be submitted to arbitration.

Giveaways, Contests and Sweepstakes:
On occasion Company may sponsor giveaways, contests and/or sweepstakes (“Promotions”). The Promotions will be governed by these Terms of Use, while each individual Promotion will prominently feature additional rules (including but not limited to run-period, eligibility requirements, entry locations, prizes, etc.) (“Official Rules”). By participating in the Promotions, each entrant agrees to be bound by these Terms of Use and the Official Rules and by the decisions of PUP, which shall be final and binding on all matters pertaining to the Promotions. The Promotions shall be subject to all federal, state and local laws and regulations and shall be void where prohibited by law.

Questions:  Should you have any questions regarding these Terms and Conditions you may contact us at webmaster@press.princeton.edu.