Website Terms of Use
Effective Date: September 16, 2026
These Website Terms of Use govern access to and use of the websites, online resources, publications, services, and digital properties operated by Pyrrhic Press Publishing.
By accessing or using a Pyrrhic Press website, you agree to these Terms of Use. If you do not agree with these terms, you should discontinue use of the website.
1. About Pyrrhic Press Publishing
Pyrrhic Press Publishing is an independent publisher based in New Jersey, United States. Pyrrhic Press publishes scholarly journals, research, articles, educational resources, books, professional content, and other materials and operates related publishing, educational, research, and professional initiatives.
2. Informational and Educational Purpose
Content available through Pyrrhic Press is provided primarily for scholarly, informational, educational, professional, and research purposes.
Publication of material by Pyrrhic Press does not constitute individualized legal, medical, financial, investment, tax, mental health, engineering, safety, or other regulated professional advice.
Users are responsible for obtaining appropriate professional advice when their circumstances require it.
3. Scholarly Content
Scholarly publications may contain research findings, interpretations, theories, commentary, professional opinions, analyses, case studies, and other forms of academic or professional expression.
The views and conclusions expressed in an authored work are those of the author or authors unless Pyrrhic Press expressly states otherwise.
Publication does not necessarily constitute endorsement of every statement, conclusion, methodology, opinion, organization, product, or service mentioned in a work by Pyrrhic Press, its Editorial Board, editors, reviewers, partners, or affiliates.
4. No Guarantee of Accuracy
Pyrrhic Press seeks to maintain accurate and reliable information but does not warrant that all website content or published material will always be complete, current, error free, or suitable for every purpose.
Scholarly knowledge develops over time. Research findings may be corrected, challenged, supplemented, superseded, or retracted as additional evidence becomes available.
5. Open Access and CC0 Content
Certain content published by Pyrrhic Press is expressly designated as being made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.
Where CC0 is expressly applied, the applicable copyright and related rights are waived and dedicated to the public domain to the fullest extent permitted by law, subject to the terms of CC0 1.0.
Where such waiver is not legally effective, the fallback provisions of CC0 apply according to its terms.
CC0 does not automatically apply to all material appearing on a Pyrrhic Press website.
6. Excluded and Third Party Material
Unless expressly stated otherwise, CC0 does not apply to Pyrrhic Press trademarks, logos, trade names, service marks, branding, third party materials, photographs, personal likenesses, copyrighted excerpts, licensed images, or other separately protected material.
Third party material remains subject to the rights, licenses, permissions, and restrictions applicable to that material.
Users are responsible for determining whether additional permission is required before reusing excluded or third party material.
7. Scholarly Attribution
Although CC0 does not impose a copyright attribution requirement, Pyrrhic Press strongly expects researchers, students, educators, professionals, and other users to follow accepted scholarly citation and attribution practices.
CC0 does not authorize plagiarism, false claims of authorship, falsification of provenance, deceptive scholarly practices, or false claims of endorsement.
8. Pyrrhic Press Intellectual Property
The Pyrrhic Press name, logos, branding, trade dress, service identifiers, and other proprietary identifiers are not released under CC0 unless expressly stated otherwise.
Nothing on this website grants a right to use Pyrrhic Press branding in a manner that falsely suggests sponsorship, affiliation, certification, approval, or endorsement.
9. User Submissions
Users may submit manuscripts, forms, applications, correspondence, research materials, author information, files, proposals, or other content through Pyrrhic Press websites or designated submission systems.
By submitting material, you represent that you have authority to submit the material and that your submission does not knowingly violate the rights of another person or organization.
Submission of a manuscript does not guarantee review, acceptance, publication, indexing, promotion, or any particular editorial outcome.
Scholarly manuscript submissions are additionally governed by the applicable Pyrrhic Press Publishing Standards, Author Guidelines, Publication Ethics policies, and Peer Review policies.
10. Editorial Independence
Editorial decisions are governed by applicable Pyrrhic Press publishing and editorial standards.
Purchasing a product or service, participating in another Pyrrhic Press program, making a donation, entering a partnership, or having another commercial relationship with Pyrrhic Press does not guarantee publication or favorable editorial treatment.
11. External Links
Pyrrhic Press websites may contain links to third party websites, repositories, databases, universities, publishers, organizations, businesses, social networks, or other online services.
External links are provided for convenience, reference, attribution, discovery, or informational purposes. Unless expressly stated otherwise, a link does not constitute endorsement, sponsorship, partnership, or approval.
Pyrrhic Press does not control third party websites and is not responsible for their content, availability, security, privacy practices, or terms.
12. Third Party Names and Trademarks
Names, trademarks, logos, product names, institution names, and other identifiers belonging to third parties remain the property of their respective owners.
Reference to a third party does not imply affiliation with or endorsement by that party unless expressly stated.
13. Acceptable Use
You may not knowingly use Pyrrhic Press websites to:
- Violate applicable law
- Interfere with website security or operation
- Attempt unauthorized access to systems or accounts
- Transmit malicious software or harmful code
- Impersonate another person or organization
- Misrepresent affiliation with Pyrrhic Press
- Submit material that you do not have authority to submit
- Engage in fraudulent or deceptive activity
- Manipulate scholarly submission or peer review processes
- Harvest personal information in violation of applicable law
14. Automated Access
Reasonable indexing, scholarly discovery, citation analysis, search engine access, accessibility technologies, and lawful research use are generally consistent with the open access mission of Pyrrhic Press.
Automated activity that materially disrupts website operation, attempts to bypass security controls, creates unreasonable technical load, or violates applicable law may be restricted.
15. Availability
Pyrrhic Press may modify, maintain, suspend, reorganize, or discontinue website features or services when reasonably necessary.
Pyrrhic Press does not guarantee uninterrupted availability of every website feature or third party service.
16. Disclaimer of Warranties
To the extent permitted by applicable law, Pyrrhic Press websites and website services are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis without warranties not expressly stated in writing.
17. Limitation of Liability
To the extent permitted by applicable law, Pyrrhic Press Publishing and its representatives will not be liable for indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or similar damages arising solely from use of, or inability to use, the website or reliance upon general informational content.
Nothing in these terms excludes or limits liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited.
18. Separate Program Terms
Certain programs, products, services, competitions, certifications, indexes, stores, or other activities may be governed by additional terms.
When additional terms apply, those terms supplement these Website Terms of Use. If a specific provision directly conflicts with these general terms, the more specific provision governs the applicable program or transaction to the extent of the conflict.
19. Privacy
Collection and use of personal information through Pyrrhic Press websites is addressed in the Pyrrhic Press Privacy Policy.
20. Changes to These Terms
Pyrrhic Press may update these Terms of Use to reflect changes in its operations, services, technology, policies, or applicable requirements.
The effective date displayed on this page identifies the current version. Continued use of the website after an updated version becomes effective constitutes acceptance of the updated terms to the extent permitted by law.
21. Governing Law
These Terms of Use are governed by the laws of the State of New Jersey and applicable federal law, without regard to conflict of law principles, except where applicable law requires otherwise.
22. Severability
If any provision of these Terms of Use is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue to apply to the extent permitted by law.
23. Contact
Questions regarding these Terms of Use may be directed to:
Pyrrhic Press Publishing
New Jersey, United States
editor@pyrrhicpress.org
Effective: September 16, 2026