Welcome to Moon.com. The Perseus Books Group and/or its affiliates (“Perseus”) offer Moon.com and its features and services to you subject to the following conditions. If you visit or shop at Moon.com, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use, as well as any other guidelines, rules and additional terms included on the Moon.com site or referenced herein. Please read these Terms of Use carefully. If you are unwilling to be bound by these Terms of Use, do not access or use the Moon.com service. If you violate these Terms of Use, Moon.com may terminate your account and restrict your access to the Moon.com website and the Moon.com service.

Related Practices and Information

• Privacy Policy
• Community Participation Guidelines
• Copyright

Privacy

Please review our Privacy Policy, which also governs your visit to Moon.com, to understand our practices.

Eligibility

You must be 18 or over, or the legal age to form a binding contract in your jurisdiction if that age is greater than 18 years of age, to register as a member of Moon.com or use the Moon.com website and/or services. Moon.com membership is void where prohibited by applicable law, and the right to access the Moon.com website is revoked in such jurisdictions. By using Moon.com, you represent and warrant that you have the right, authority, and capacity to enter into these Terms of Use and to abide by all of the terms and conditions set forth herein.

You must register if you wish to contribute ‘postings’ (meaning any content whatsoever contributed by a user to the community). When you register you are automatically registered for all parts of the Moon.com community and can contribute postings.

Although we don't monitor each individual posting, we do monitor random posts. Additionally we employ software to automatically scan for inappropriate content in postings and users have the ability to flag and report abusive or inappropriate posts for review. We can (and sometimes do) remove postings that breach the wording or spirit of these terms without notice. We may also ban users who breach these terms, and delete their postings. Please refer to the Community Participation Guidelines for a non-exhaustive list of appropriate and inappropriate posts. As with all things in life, use your best judgment; if you think it might be inappropriate—it probably is.

Copyright

All content included on this site, such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips, digital downloads, data compilations, and software, is the property of Perseus or its content suppliers and is protected by United States and international copyright laws. The compilation of all content on this site is the exclusive property of Perseus and protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. All software used on this site is the property of Perseus or its software suppliers and protected by United States and international copyright laws.

Unless otherwise specified, all content on Moon.com is intended for your personal, noncommercial use only. You may not modify, copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit or distribute in any way any material from Moon.com except as provided in this Terms of Use. You may download material from Moon.com and may use the website for your personal, non-commercial use only, provided you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices. You may not republish any content from Moon.com, distribute any content to others, modify, sell or otherwise use the content or decompile, reverse engineer or disassemble any software or other products or processes accessible at the website. Your license to use Moon.com is contingent upon your compliance with these Terms of Use.

Do not post copyrighted material or trademarks without permission from the owner or you may put yourself and Moon.com at risk of legal action. You, however, share postings with a friend by sending them a hyperlink so long as the link does not state or imply any sponsorship of your site by Moon.com, Avalon Travel or any Perseus affiliates. However, you may not, without the prior written permission of Moon.com, Avalon Travel or any Perseus affiliates, frame any of the content of Moon.com, or incorporate into another website any material from Moon.com. Third party commercial sites are not permitted to provide digests or summaries of posts, even through hyperlinks, without our permission.

You can also share a useful internet resource with other Moon.com users by linking to the relevant resource, but first make sure you're allowed to by checking the terms of use of the site you are linking to. Quite often website operators don't allow links to pages below the front page or home page of their website.

Copyright Complaints

Moon respects the intellectual property of others. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please follow our Procedure for Making Claims of Copyright Infringement.

License to Perseus

By posting messages, uploading files, or otherwise providing any material (“Material”) for display on Moon.com, you are representing that you are the owner of the Material, or are making your submission with the consent of the owner of the Material; and that all information you provide is true, accurate, current and complete and does not violate these Terms of Use. In addition, when you post a Material for display on Moon.com, you are granting Perseus a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, non-exclusive, worldwide license, with the right to use, copy, modify, adapt, distribute, or otherwise use your postings in our products as we see fit, including the right to sublicense to others at our discretion. You also give us a license to deal with the postings as necessary to perform technical and administrative functions to operate the community.

You consent to us not attributing authorship to you at all, or only attributing your registered ‘handle’. We generally attribute authorship, but that's not always possible and we decide this on a case by case basis. If we do use your material we may attribute it to your registered ‘handle’, or contact you to request that your real name be used. We will never publish your real name without your express permission.

If you don't want your posting to be used in this way, don't post it. Once you have made a posting, you can't withdraw or retract your license and consents.

Trademarks

MOON, MOON.COM, MOON HANDBOOKS, AVALON TRAVEL, AVALON TRAVEL PUBLISHING, MOON LIVING ABROAD, MOON METRO, MOON OUTDOORS, MOON SPOTLIGHT, FOGHORN OUTDOORS, and other Moon.com graphics, logos, page headers, button icons, scripts, and service names are trademarks, registered trademarks or trade dress of Perseus in the U.S. and/or other countries. Perseus’s trademarks and trade dress may not be used in connection with any product or service that is not Perseus’s, in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among customers or in any manner that disparages or discredits Perseus. All other trademarks not owned by Perseus that appear on this site are the property of their respective owners, who may or may not be affiliated with, connected to, or sponsored by Perseus.

License and Site Access

Perseus grants you a limited license to access and make personal use of this site and not to download (other than page caching) or modify it, or any portion of it, except with express written consent of Moon.com, Avalon Travel, or Perseus. This license does not include any resale or commercial use, collection and use, derivative use of this site or its contents; any downloading or copying of account information; or any use of data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools.

This site or any portion of this site may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without express written consent of Moon.com, Avalon Travel, or Perseus. You may not frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any trademark, logo, or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout, or form) of Moon.com without express written consent of Moon.com, Avalon Travel, or Perseus. You may not use any meta tags or any other "hidden text" utilizing Moon.com's name or trademarks without express written consent of Moon.com, Avalon Travel, or Perseus. Any unauthorized use terminates the permission or license granted by Moon.com, Avalon Travel, or Perseus.

You are granted a limited, revocable, and nonexclusive right to create a hyperlink to Moon.com so long as the link does not portray Moon.com, Avalon Travel, or Perseus, or its products or services in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise offensive matter. You may not use any Moon.com, Avalon Travel, or Perseus logo or other proprietary graphic or trademark as part of the link without express written permission Moon.com, Avalon Travel, or Perseus.

Your Account

If you use this site, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and for restricting access to your computer, and you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password. If you are under 18, you may use Moon.com only with involvement of a parent or guardian. Perseus reserves the right to refuse service, terminate accounts, or remove or edit content at their sole discretion.

Blogs

The opinions expressed within Moon.com blogs do not necessarily represent those of Avalon Travel or Perseus Books Group.

Changes to the Terms of Use Agreement

You agree and understand that these Terms of Use, the Moon.com website, and the Moon.com service may be modified at any time without prior notice. Any such modifications will be effective upon Moon.com’s posting of the new Terms and/or upon implementation of the new Terms at the Moon.com website. If any of these terms shall be deemed invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable, that condition shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining condition.

Your continued use of the Moon.com website after any such modifications are posting constitutes your acceptance of the Terms of Use as modified and posted. You understand that it is your responsibility to review the Terms of Use agreement periodically. You further understand that that Moon.com, Avalon Travel, or Perseus may choose to suspend or terminate all or any portion of the Moon.com website and/or service at any time without prior notice to you.

Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability

PERSEUS MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THIS SITE OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS (INCLUDING SOFTWARE) OR SERVICES INCLUDED ON OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THIS SITE, UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED IN WRITING. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THIS SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK.

TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, PERSEUS DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. PERSEUS DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THIS SITE; INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS (INCLUDING SOFTWARE) OR SERVICES INCLUDED ON OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THIS SITE; THEIR SERVERS; OR E-MAIL SENT FROM PERSEUS ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. PERSEUS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF THIS SITE OR SERVICES INCLUDED OR MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THIS SITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED IN WRITING.

Applicable Law

By visiting Moon.com, you agree that the laws of the state of California, without regard to principles of conflict of laws, will govern these Terms of Use and any dispute of any sort that might arise between you and Moon.com, Avalon Travel, or Perseus.

Notice and Procedure for Making Claims of Copyright Infringement

Perseus respects the intellectual property of others. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide us with the written information specified below. Please note that this procedure is exclusively for notifying Perseus that your copyrighted material has been infringed upon on the Moon.com website.

• Identify copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed upon;
• Identify the posting in issue and provide us with a copy of the posting and its location (URL, or web address);
• Your address, telephone number, and e-mail address;
• A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized; that the above information in your notice is accurate; and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.

Moon.com's Agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement on its website can be reached as follows:

Copyright Agent
Moon.com/Avalon Travel
1700 Fourth Street
Berkeley, CA 94710
phone: (510) 595-3664
fax: (510) 595.4228
e-mail: moon.webmaster [at] perseusbooks [dot] com