Terms of Use

Welcome to Hugo House’s Web site and the Hugo House Blog. Please read the “Terms of Use” before viewing or submitting content in any form for publication on the Hugo House Blog or Hugo House’s Web site. By continuing to use the blog or Web site, you agree to abide by these “Terms of Use.” Hugo House reserves the right to change the Terms of Use at any time, and you agree to be bound by any such changes. If you do not agree, please do not visit or submit content in any form to Hugo House’s Web site or the Hugo House Blog.

Comment Policy
All contributors and commenters to the Hugo House Blog should be respectful and courteous to one and another in posts and comments. Hugo House does not censor comments; however, we do moderate comments and only delete those that are unlawful, abusive or threatening, blatantly off-topic, use excessive foul language, shamelessly promote or advertise a product of service or violate trademark or copyright law. If a commenter has repeatedly violated the Comment Policy, Richard Hugo House may decide to ban that commenter from posting. If a comment has been posted that seems to violate this policy, please notify us immediately.

Permission to Use
By visiting and/or posting content to the Hugo House Blog or Hugo House’s Web site, users grant Hugo House the permission to distribute, publish, reproduce, modify or publicly display—in whole or in part—all graphics, photographs, audio or video recordings and other content you post on, or link to from, the Hugo House blog or Hugo House’s Web site.

Use of Material Published by Hugo House
All content on the Hugo House blog and Hugo House’s Web site, except for material in the public domain, is protected by copyright as a collective work or compilation under the copyright laws of the United States and other countries. All content is copyrighted by Hugo House, including individual articles, blog posts, videos, audio recordings, podcasts and other elements comprising the blog and Web site, and may not be used, reprinted or reposted without the consent of Hugo House.

Links
Hugo House is not responsible for any content on linked sites. Links are not intended to imply sponsorship, affiliation or endorsement, and you agree to access them at your own risk.

Disclaimer of Warranties
THE HUGO HOUSE BLOG AND HUGO HOUSE’S WEB SITE ARE AVAILABLE ON AN “AS IS” BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. THERE MAY BE DELAYS, ERRORS OR INTERRUPTIONS DURING USE OF THE BLOG AND SITE. WE DO NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OR OTHERWISE. NEITHER HUGO HOUSE NOR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY PROVIDING CONTENT ON THE HUGO HOUSE BLOG OR WEB SITE SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES.

Modifications/Termination
You agree that Hugo House may modify the Terms of Use at its discretion and without advance notice, and that your right to access this site is conditioned on your compliance with the current Terms of Use.

Jurisdiction
The Terms of Use shall be governed by the laws of the United States and the State of Washington, applicable to agreements made and to be performed therein without regard to conflict of laws principles. BY CONTINUING TO USE OUR SITE, YOU AGREE TO ABIDE BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

Privacy Policy
Our privacy policy may be found here. Please review it carefully before viewing or submitting content to the Hugo House blog or Hugo House’s Web site.

Violations/Misuse
Please report any violations of the Terms of Use or misuse of the Hugo House blog or Hugo House’s web site to welcome@hugohouse.org.