Terms of Service

The rules governing your use of Hollow Signal's website and content. Plain language — we'll tell you what actually matters.

Effective: January 1, 2025 · Last revised: January 1, 2025 · Governing law: State of California, USA · Operator: Hollow Signal LLC · San Francisco, CA 94107

1. Acceptance

By accessing hollowsignal.press or subscribing to our newsletter, you agree to these Terms of Service and our Privacy Policy. If you don't agree, don't use the site — that's the honest version. There are no dark patterns here.

2. About Hollow Signal

Hollow Signal LLC is an independent digital publication based in San Francisco, CA. Contact: hello@hollowsignal.press. We cover technology, AI, digital culture, privacy, startups, and futures. We are funded by reader subscriptions and have no advertising or sponsor relationships.

3. Intellectual Property

All editorial content on hollowsignal.press — articles, headlines, editorial curation, and site design — is the intellectual property of Hollow Signal LLC or the named authors, protected by US copyright law.

What You May Do

  • Read, share, and link to articles freely for personal and educational purposes
  • Quote up to 150 words from any article with clear attribution and a link to the original
  • Share articles on social platforms with attribution
  • Print single copies for personal use

What You May Not Do

  • Reproduce or republish full articles without written permission
  • Publish our content on other sites or platforms without a license
  • Remove attribution from content you share
  • Use automated tools to scrape our content at scale
  • Use our articles to train AI models without explicit written permission
  • Use our name or editorial reputation to imply endorsement of products or services

For syndication and republication licenses, contact editorial@hollowsignal.press.

4. AI Training Prohibition

Hollow Signal content may not be used to train, fine-tune, or evaluate AI systems without explicit written permission. This prohibition applies to all articles, headlines, abstracts, and editorial content published on hollowsignal.press. We will pursue legal remedies against unauthorized AI training use to the fullest extent available.

5. Newsletter

Our newsletter is free. By subscribing, you consent to receiving weekly emails from Hollow Signal. We send one email per week maximum and no third-party promotional content. Unsubscribe anytime via the link in any newsletter email. Newsletter content is subject to the same intellectual property terms as website content.

6. Submissions

By submitting a pitch, tip, letter, or correction, you grant Hollow Signal a non-exclusive license to publish, edit, and use that content with attribution. We seek permission before publishing correspondence in full. We pay $500 for published commissioned articles. We do not pay for tips or letters. Submissions do not obligate publication.

7. Content Accuracy

Hollow Signal makes reasonable efforts to ensure accuracy and will correct documented factual errors. However, all articles represent the views of named authors, not Hollow Signal as an organization, except where explicitly stated. Technology and science evolve; articles may become outdated. Nothing on this site constitutes professional legal, financial, medical, or technical advice. We are journalists, not advisors.

8. Acceptable Use

You agree not to use hollowsignal.press to violate applicable law, harass our staff or contributors, attempt unauthorized access to our systems, spread misinformation while impersonating Hollow Signal, or use the site for commercial purposes without authorization.

9. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY CALIFORNIA LAW, HOLLOW SIGNAL LLC SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THIS SITE OR ANY CONTENT HEREIN. OUR TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ANY CLAIM ARISING FROM SITE USE SHALL NOT EXCEED $100 USD.

10. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of California without regard to conflict of law provisions. Disputes shall be resolved in state or federal courts in San Francisco County, California.

11. Changes

We may update these Terms. Material changes will be reflected with an updated effective date and communicated to newsletter subscribers by email with reasonable advance notice. Continued use after changes constitutes acceptance.

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