Terms of Use

Welcome to my website, ericarich.com (the “Site”), which presents comprehensive information about my work. Please take a moment to review these Terms of Use, which represent an agreement between Erica Rich and you, the end user”). By using, visiting or accessing the Site, you signify your acceptance of, and agree to be bound by, these Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy, which explains our use of your information. (These Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy are sometimes referred to collectively as the “Policies.”)  If you do not agree to be bound by the Policies, please immediately discontinue your use of the Site. Please know that these Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy may be amended at any time and from time to time, with no obligation to notify you of any such changes other than posting such modifications on the Site. You can determine when these Terms of Use were last revised by referring to the “Last Updated” legend at the bottom of this page.

Acknowledgment of Proprietary Rights: The materials published on the Site, including text, images and illustrations (the “Content”), are protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks, and/or other proprietary rights and laws of the United States or other countries. You acquire no rights or licenses to the Content other than the limited rights to use it in accordance with these Terms of Use, and you agree to abide by all posted copyright notices or restrictions relating to the Content. The Content may not be downloaded, copied or modified except for such personal, noncommercial use as may be authorized by license or by fair use or other provisions of copyright law.

Third Party Links: Links to third-party sites are provided as a convenience, and we are not responsible for the content of any web site accessed by a link from the Site and do not recommend or endorse the use of any third-party services.

Copyright and Intellectual Property Policy: We are committed to respecting the intellectual property rights of authors and creators and require that users of the Site do the same. If you believe that material made available through the Site violates your copyright or that of someone on whose behalf you are authorized to act, please send a written communication containing the following information to our designated Copyright Agent (see below). Pursuant to Section 512(c) of the Copyright Act, the notice must contain the following:

•   Your physical or electronic signature;

•   Sufficient information to identify the copyrighted work(s) you claim has been infringed or, if multiple copyrighted works are covered by a single notification, a representative lists of such works on the Site;

•   A description of the infringing material that is to be removed or to which access is to be disabled and the location on the Site (URL) of such material;

•   Your name, telephone number, and email address so that we may contact you;

•   The following statement: “I have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted material described above is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law”; and,

•   The following statement: “The information contained in this notification is accurate and I swear, under penalty of perjury, that I am, or am authorized to act on behalf of, the owner of the exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.”

Failure to include all of the above information may result in a delay in processing your notification.

If you wish to reach our designated agent, please contact:

Lutzker & Lutzker LLP
Attn: DMCA Designated Agent
1850 M Street, NW, Suite 1060
Washington, DC 20036

By telephone: (202) 408-7600
By email: dmca@lutzker.com

Communications and Submissions: Any communication or material you transmit to the Site by electronic mail or otherwise, including any data, questions, comments, suggestions, or the like, is and will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary, including any emails sent when you use the Site’s Contact Us feature. Furthermore, we are free to use any ideas, concepts, copyrights, trademarks, know-how or techniques contained in any user submission for any purpose whatsoever without any compensation to you.

Governing Law: The laws of the State of California shall govern this agreement without giving effect to any conflict of laws principles that may provide the application of the law of another jurisdiction. Any legal action or proceeding relating to your access to, or use of, the Site shall be instituted in a state or federal court located in Los Angeles, California and no other venue. You and I agree to submit to the jurisdiction of, and agree that venue is proper in, these courts in any such legal action or proceeding.

No Warranty; Limitation on Liability: YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT THE USE OF THE SITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK, WITHOUT EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ERICA RICH WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THIS SITE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITE WILL OPERATE ERROR-FREE OR WITHOUT INTERRUPTION OR THAT THE SITE IS VIRUS-FREE. SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

If you have questions concerning these Terms of Use, please contact us at itsericarich@gmail.com.

Effective: January 1, 2026

Last updated: January 15, 2026