Copyright
Because my content gets stolen regularly, I have a stringent privacy policy.
I retain all the copyrights for the material on this blog. I work hard to create these articles – I will not put up with stealing or scraping my content or photos.
Photos
You may use one photo as long as it’s linked prominently back to my site, and I am given the proper attribution. If you do not attribute my photos to The Homesteading Hippy http://thehomesteadinghippy.com, you will be in violation of this privacy policy.
Please also include a link to my homepage if possible.
Be advised that this policy extends to images I create for Pinterest. If you use or repin my image on Pinterest then remove the link to my website and replace it with your own, you are in violation of my privacy policy as well as Pinterest’s because you are stealing copyrighted images.
After I notify you that you have stolen my images, you have 24 hours to either remove my image from your board or replace your link with mine. If you do not do either of these, I will forward whatever information you have provided to WHOIS to my attorneys and invoice you for reprinting my copyrighted material. I will also file a complaint with Pinterest to have the image removed, as well as ask Pinterest to remove you as a user for repeat offenses.
BE ADVISED THAT IF YOU WASTE MY TIME AND MAKE ME FILE A COMPLAINT WITH PINTEREST AND MY LAWYERS I WILL INVOICE YOU FOR MY TIME AND FOR WHATEVER ATTORNEY FEES I ACCRUE CHASING YOU DOWN. CONDUCT YOURSELF ACCORDINGLY.
Commenting Policy
Everyone is encouraged to comment on any of the articles on this website, with questions, clarifications, and suggestions. However, comments that are abusive, threatening, misleading, and libelous comments won’t be tolerated and will not be approved.
Other types of comments that won’t get approved: repetitive comments, self-promotion, really long ones, and comments in languages other than English.
That being said, polite disagreements and constructive criticism are always encouraged. Be sure to read the articles before commenting, and that your comment is on-topic.
We reserve the right to edit any comment for grammar and spelling errors, as well as include links that no longer work. if a comment is in breach of the Terms of Use, it will not be approved to begin with.
Content
You may not reprint our recipes at all or our articles in their entirety.
You may use 10% of our original content, and you MUST (repeat MUST) link back to our site PROMINENTLY. This does not mean a small author link at the beginning or end of the article, it must be obvious.
If you wish to republish my articles for any use, please contact us and we can take it from there.
Summarizing my articles in your own words and then prominently linking back to my site for attribution is fine.
If you reprint my articles or recipes or use any photos outside of the permission I grant above, you will receive an invoice for reprinting my materials at my normal rate, which I reserve the right to determine.
If I contact you regarding a copyright infringement, I expect a response within 24 hours. Failure to do so will result in a DMCA complaint and I will forward whatever information you have provided to WHOSIS to my attorney.
I take copyright infringement seriously.
BE ADVISED THAT IF YOU WASTE MY TIME AND MAKE ME FILE A DMCA COMPLAINT WITH GOOGLE AND MY LAWYERS I WILL INVOICE YOU FOR MY TIME AND FOR WHATEVER ATTORNEY FEES I ACCRUE CHASING YOU DOWN. CONDUCT YOURSELF ACCORDINGLY.
Please be advised that I am not a licensed veterinarian or health professional in any state, nor do I represent myself as such. This website is for informational purposes only, and the information on it is not intended to treat, cure, or diagnose.
Please use your best judgment when using the information on this site, and always consult a licensed veterinarian before using any information on this site.
The owner of this website does not consent to the content on this website being used or downloaded by any third parties for the purposes of developing, training, or operating artificial intelligence or other machine learning systems (“Artificial Intelligence Purposes”), except as authorized by the owner in writing (including written electronic communication).
Absent such consent, users of this website, including any third parties accessing the website through automated systems, are prohibited from using any of the content on the website for Artificial Intelligence Purposes.
Users or automated systems that fail to respect these choices will be considered to have breached the present Terms and Conditions.
Binding Arbitration (“Arbitration Agreement”)
a. Applicability of Arbitration Agreement. You agree that any dispute or claim against us, or our vendors or service providers(collectively, “We” or “Us”), related in any way to your access or use of this website, to these Terms, or to any aspect of your relationship with Us, will be resolved by binding arbitration, rather than in court, except that (1) you may assert claims in small claims court if your claims qualify, so long as the matter remains in such court and advances only on an individual (non-class, non-representative) basis; and (2) you or We may seek equitable relief in court for infringement or other misuse of intellectual property rights (such as trademarks, trade dress, domain names, trade secrets, copyrights, and patents). You agree that you must commence any arbitration or other claim within one (1) year after the dispute arises; otherwise, the claim is permanently barred, which means that you will no longer have the right to assert a claim regarding the dispute. This Arbitration Agreement will apply, without limitation, to all claims that arose or were asserted before the effective date of these Terms or any prior version of this Arbitration Agreement.
You agree in advance that you will not participate in or seek to recover monetary or other relief in any lawsuit filed against Us, alleging class, collective, and/or representative claims on your behalf. Instead, by agreeing to arbitration, you may bring your claims against any of Us in an individual arbitration proceeding (except for any Batch Arbitration, as described below). If successful on such claims, you could be awarded money or other relief by an arbitrator. You acknowledge that you have been advised that you may consult with an attorney in deciding whether to accept these Terms, including this Arbitration Agreement.
The Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of this Arbitration Agreement.
b. Process. To begin a claim, you must first send a letter describing your claim in detail, including your name and contact information, your legal claim, the specific facts giving rise to your claim (including the date(s) and amount(s) of any relevant transaction or interaction with us), and the requested relief, to [physical address]. You and We agree to attempt in good faith to negotiate an informal resolution of your claim. If a resolution is not reached within thirty (30) days, you may commence an arbitration action as set forth herein. The arbitration will be conducted by an established alternative dispute resolution provider registered with the Romanian organization “Curtea de Arbitraj” Comercial). You may choose to have the arbitration conducted remotely, based on written submissions, or in person at a mutually agreed location. We will be entitled to make an offer of judgment in the arbitration proceeding. If the offer of judgment is not accepted, and the award is not more favorable than the unaccepted offer, you will be solely responsible for all costs incurred by Us after the offer of judgment is made to the extent permitted by applicable law. Any judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.
c. Fees. If the arbitrator finds that you cannot afford to pay the arbitration filing, administrative, hearing, and/or other fees, and you cannot obtain a waiver, we will pay them for you. If the arbitrator determines the claims are frivolous, you agree to pay Us our attorneys’ fees and costs in the arbitration, to the extent permitted by applicable law.
d. Authority of Arbitrator. The arbitrator, and not any federal, state, or local court or agency, will have exclusive authority to resolve any dispute related to the interpretation, applicability, enforceability, or formation of this Arbitration Agreement, including, but not limited to, any claim that all or any part of this Arbitration Agreement is void or voidable. The arbitration will decide the rights and liabilities, if any, of you and Us. The arbitration proceeding will not be consolidated with any other matters or joined with any other cases or parties. The arbitrator will have the authority to grant motions dispositive of all or part of any claim. The arbitrator will have the authority to award monetary damages and to grant any non-monetary remedy or relief available to an individual under applicable law, the arbitral forum’s rules, and these Terms (including the Arbitration Agreement). The arbitrator will issue a written award and statement of decision describing the essential findings and conclusions on which the award is based, including the calculation of any damages awarded. The arbitrator has the same authority to award relief on an individual basis that a judge in a court of law would have. The award of the arbitrator is final and binding upon you and Us.
e. Waiver of Jury Trial. You and We hereby waive any constitutional and statutory rights to sue in court and have a trial in front of a judge or a jury. You and We are instead electing that all claims and disputes will be resolved by arbitration under this Arbitration Agreement, except as specified in Section (a) above. An arbitrator can award on an individual basis the same damages and relief as a court and must follow this Agreement as a court would. However, there is no judge or jury in arbitration, and court review of an arbitration award is subject to very limited review.
f. Waiver of Class or Consolidated Actions. Except with respect to Batch Arbitration (as defined below), all claims and disputes within the scope of this Arbitration Agreement must be arbitrated on an individual basis and not on a class basis, only individual relief is available, and claims of more than one customer or user cannot be arbitrated or consolidated with those of any other customer or user. In the event that this subparagraph is deemed invalid or unenforceable neither you nor We are entitled to arbitration and instead claims and disputes will be resolved in a court as set forth in these Terms.
g. Batch Arbitration. You and We agree that, in the event that there are fifty (50) or more individual requests for arbitration of a similar nature filed against Us within an approximately (30) thirty-day period (or otherwise in close proximity) regardless of the state(s) in which such claims are filed, The arbitrator will administer all such similarly situated arbitration demands on a collective basis as a single, consolidated arbitration (subject to a single set of fees, proceeding schedule, and, if required, hearing) before a single arbitrator in accordance with the requirements outlined elsewhere in this section, provided that – in the event that the arbitrator deems it impracticable or inequitable to administer all such claims collectively in a single arbitration – (s)he may group demands for arbitration into groups of not fewer than twenty (20) matters, plus a remainder group as needed (or as otherwise deemed by the arbitrator to be practicable, equitable, and in best keeping with the spirit of this provision) and arbitrate each group of matters as a single, consolidated arbitration (either structure a “Batch Arbitration”). You and We agree (1) to work with the arbitrator in good faith to facilitate the resolution of disputes on a Batch Arbitration basis and (2) that requests for arbitration are of a “similar nature” if they arise out of the same event, agreement, or factual scenario and raise the same or similar legal issues and seek the same or similar relief. Disagreements over the applicability of this Batch Arbitration process will be settled in a single, consolidated arbitration proceeding that includes all affected parties and is resolved by a single arbitrator subject to the requirements of this section. This Batch Arbitration provision shall in no way be interpreted as authorizing a class or collective arbitration or action of any kind, or any suit or arbitration involving joint or consolidated claims, under any circumstances other than those expressly set forth in this section.
h. Severability. If any part or parts of this Arbitration Agreement are found under the law to be invalid or unenforceable, then such specific part or parts will be of no force and effect and will be severed, and the remainder of the Arbitration Agreement will continue in full force and effect.
i. Survival. This Arbitration Agreement will survive the termination of your relationship with Us.
j. Modification. Notwithstanding any provision in these Terms to the contrary, We agree that if We make any future material change to this Arbitration Agreement, it will not apply to any individual claim(s) for which that you had already provided notice to Us.
Consent to Data Collection for the Purposes of Arbitration. These Terms of Service incorporate our Privacy Policy, which discloses how we, our vendors, and our service providers collect and use data when you use the Site and/or mobile applications. You hereby consent to the collection and use of data by us, our vendors, and our service providers as described in the Privacy Policy (including any links to other policies therein). You can revoke this consent at any time by following the opt-out instructions in the Privacy Policy or clicking the provided links on the Site.
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