Terms of Use
Effective date: [EFFECTIVE DATE]. Last updated: [LAST UPDATED DATE]. These terms govern your use of this website. Please read them.
In short. This is an informational website about a book. You may read it, link to it, and quote briefly from it with attribution. You may not republish it wholesale or use it commercially without written permission. Nothing here is professional advice. The site is provided as it stands, liability is limited so far as the law allows, and disputes are governed by the law and the courts identified below. This summary is for convenience only; the sections that follow control.
1. Who these terms are between
This website is operated by Doxprint LLC, [STATE OF ORGANIZATION], which publishes Sartre's Conception of Freedom by Sharam Kohan. In these terms, "we", "us", "our", and "the Publisher" mean Doxprint LLC. "You" means the person using the site. "The Site" means this website and every page, file, image, and feature made available through it.
2. Your acceptance
By accessing or using the Site you agree to these terms and to the Privacy Policy, which is incorporated here by reference. If you do not agree, please do not use the Site.
Where a form on the Site asks you to tick a box before you submit it, ticking that box is an affirmative record of your acceptance of these terms and of the Privacy Policy as they stand on the date of that submission. We may retain a record of the version accepted, together with the date and time of acceptance.
If you are accepting on behalf of an institution, a department, or any other organization, you represent that you have authority to bind it, and "you" then means that organization as well.
3. Eligibility
The Site is intended for a general and academic readership. You may use the forms only if you are at least eighteen years old and legally able to enter into a binding agreement. The Site is not directed to children under thirteen, and we do not knowingly collect their personal information.
4. What the Site is, and what it is not
The Site publishes information about the book, together with an excerpt from it, summaries of its argument, a glossary of its terms, a table of the works it cites, and occasional notes and essays. It exists to inform readers, instructors, and booksellers.
The Site does not create visitor accounts, does not host content submitted by visitors, does not process payments, and does not sell anything directly. Where the Site links to a bookseller or to another publisher, any purchase is a transaction between you and that party, on that party's terms, and we are not a party to it.
5. Intellectual property, and what you may do with it
The book is copyright 2012, 2023 by Sharam Kohan. The material published on the Site, including the excerpt, the summaries, the glosses, the essays, the site design, the arrangement of the material, the logotype, and the cover artwork, is protected by copyright and by other intellectual property laws, and is published here by the author and the Publisher. All rights not expressly granted are reserved.
What you may do. You may read the Site; link to any page of it; quote briefly from it with attribution for the purposes of criticism, commentary, scholarship, teaching, and news reporting; and print or save a copy for your own study, research, or classroom preparation.
What you may not do without written permission. You may not republish substantial portions of the Site; distribute copies commercially; reproduce material in a course pack, an electronic reserve, an anthology, or a learning management system; create a derivative or adapted work; remove or alter any copyright, credit, or attribution notice; frame or mirror the Site; or use any material to train, fine-tune, or evaluate a machine learning model or generative system.
Permission requests may be sent through the contact page. Say which passage you want, what you intend to do with it, and where it would appear.
6. Quoted material and independence
Quotations from the works of Jean-Paul Sartre and from other authors appear on the Site, and in the book, for the purposes of criticism, commentary, and scholarship. All rights in those quoted works remain with their respective rights holders.
This work is not affiliated with, authorized by, or endorsed by the estate of Jean-Paul Sartre or his publishers. Names, titles, and marks belonging to third parties are used for identification and scholarly reference only, and their use implies no association or endorsement in either direction.
7. Acceptable use
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8. Requests, inquiries, and what they do not create
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Nothing on the Site obliges the Publisher or the author to supply a copy of the book, to grant a permission, to accept an invitation, or to reply. Examination and desk copies are supplied at the Publisher's discretion and subject to availability. Any arrangement takes effect only when we confirm it in writing.
9. Anything you send us
If you send us a suggestion, a correction, an idea, or other feedback, you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, and irrevocable licence to use it without restriction and without obligation to you. Please do not send us confidential material, and please do not send us unsolicited manuscripts or proposals; we cannot undertake to keep them confidential or to return them.
10. Price, availability, and accuracy
Information about the book, including its price, format, and availability, is given in good faith and may change without notice. The list price stated on the Site is the Publisher's list price; the price you actually pay is set by the bookseller from whom you buy.
The Site aims at accuracy and cites its sources. Errors are nonetheless possible, and we do not warrant that the Site is free of them. If you find one, please report it through the contact page, quoting the passage as published, and we will correct it where the report is well founded.
11. No professional advice, and no reliance
The Site publishes philosophical scholarship. Nothing on it is legal, financial, medical, psychological, or other professional advice, and nothing on it should be relied upon as a substitute for advice from a qualified professional addressed to your own circumstances. Reading the Site creates no professional relationship of any kind.
12. Third-party links and services
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13. Copyright complaints
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We will respond to properly submitted notices as required by applicable law. Knowingly making a material misrepresentation in such a notice may expose you to liability.
14. Availability and changes to the Site
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Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties. In those jurisdictions, the exclusions above apply only so far as the law allows, and you may have rights that these terms cannot displace.
15. Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, neither Doxprint LLC nor the author, nor any of their officers, members, employees, contractors, or agents, will be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, revenues, data, goodwill, or anticipated savings, arising out of or relating to your use of, or inability to use, the Site. This applies whether the claim is framed in contract, tort, strict liability, statute, or otherwise, and whether or not we were advised that such damages were possible.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, our total aggregate liability arising out of or relating to the Site or these terms will not exceed one hundred United States dollars.
These limits are an essential basis of the bargain and apply even if a limited remedy fails of its essential purpose. Nothing in these terms excludes or limits liability for fraud, fraudulent misrepresentation, death or personal injury caused by negligence, or any other liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations, and in those jurisdictions these limits apply only so far as the law allows.
16. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Doxprint LLC and the author, and their officers, members, employees, contractors, and agents, against any claim, demand, loss, liability, damage, cost, and reasonable legal fee arising out of your breach of these terms, your misuse of the Site, your infringement of any right of another, or your violation of any law. We may assume the exclusive defense of any matter subject to indemnification by you, at your expense, and you agree to cooperate.
17. Resolving a dispute
Talk to us first. Before filing anything, please raise the matter through the contact page, describing the issue and the resolution you seek, and allow thirty days for an informal resolution. Most disputes about a book site are resolved by an exchange of messages. This step is a condition precedent to any formal proceeding.
Arbitration and class action waiver. If the dispute is not resolved informally, and to the extent permitted by law, you and the Publisher agree that it will be resolved by final and binding individual arbitration rather than in court, before a single arbitrator, under the rules of an established arbitration provider, in the county identified in section 18 or by videoconference at your election. You and the Publisher each waive the right to a trial by jury and the right to participate in a class, collective, consolidated, or representative proceeding.
This arbitration agreement does not apply to a claim brought in a small claims court of competent jurisdiction, nor to a request for injunctive relief to stop infringement or unauthorized use of intellectual property. If the class action waiver is held unenforceable as to any claim, that claim shall proceed in court and the remainder of this section shall continue to apply.
You may opt out. You may reject this arbitration agreement by sending written notice to the address in section 21 within thirty days of your first use of the Site, stating your name and that you opt out of arbitration. Opting out affects nothing else in these terms and will not disadvantage you in any dealing with us.
Time limit. To the extent permitted by law, any claim arising out of or relating to the Site or these terms must be brought within one year after it arises, or it is permanently barred.
18. Governing law and venue
These terms, and any dispute arising out of or relating to them or to the Site, are governed by the laws of [GOVERNING LAW STATE], without regard to its conflict of laws rules and without regard to the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.
Subject to section 17, any proceeding shall be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in [VENUE COUNTY AND STATE], and you and the Publisher consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts and waive any objection to that venue on grounds of inconvenience.
The Site is operated from the United States. We make no representation that it is appropriate or available in any other location, and if you access it from elsewhere you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with your local law.
19. Suspension of access
We may restrict or block access to the Site where your use breaches these terms or threatens its security, integrity, or availability. Sections that by their nature should survive termination will survive it, including sections 5, 6, 9, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 20.
20. General
If any provision of these terms is held unenforceable, it shall be modified to the least extent necessary to make it enforceable, or severed if it cannot be, and the remaining provisions shall continue in full force. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of it, and a waiver on one occasion is not a waiver on any other.
You may not assign or transfer these terms or any right under them without our written consent. We may assign them in connection with a merger, an acquisition, or a transfer of the publication or of substantially all our assets. These terms bind and benefit the parties and their permitted successors.
Nothing in these terms creates a partnership, joint venture, employment, agency, or franchise relationship. There are no third-party beneficiaries, except that the author may enforce sections 5, 6, 15, and 16 directly.
Neither party is liable for any failure or delay in performance caused by circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including natural events, war, civil disturbance, labour action, epidemic, governmental action, or failure of a telecommunications or hosting provider.
You consent to receive communications from us electronically, and you agree that electronic communications, records, and signatures satisfy any legal requirement that a communication be in writing. Headings are for convenience only and do not affect interpretation. These terms, together with the Privacy Policy, are the entire agreement between you and the Publisher concerning the Site, and supersede any prior understanding on that subject.
21. Changes, and how to reach us
We may revise these terms. The last updated date at the head of the page records when. Where a revision materially changes your rights or obligations, we will post notice of it on this page before it takes effect, and your continued use of the Site after that date constitutes acceptance of the revised terms. If you do not accept them, stop using the Site.
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These terms are drafted conservatively for the Site as it is currently built, and they describe it accurately. They are not legal advice. Enforceability depends on applicable law, on the manner in which assent is obtained, and on the facts. Section 17 in particular should be reviewed before launch: an arbitration agreement on a site that sells nothing and holds no accounts buys less than it does on a commercial site, and it carries its own risks. Review by a licensed attorney is advisable, and is advisable again whenever the Site begins to do something new.