TERMS OF SERVICE Effective Date: July 6, 2026 These Terms of Service govern your use of perceptionatrialofcolor.com, the website for Perception: A Trial of Color and related work by Kathleen C. Thompson and Full Color Press. By using this website, you agree to these Terms. 1. PURPOSE OF THE WEBSITE This website provides information about Perception: A Trial of Color, the author, Full Color Press, public-interest materials, media inquiries, permissions inquiries, rights inquiries, and related projects. The content on this website is provided for informational, literary, educational, commentary, expressive, and public-interest purposes only. 2. NO PROFESSIONAL ADVICE Nothing on this website is medical, legal, clinical, therapeutic, technological, psychiatric, psychological, financial, emergency, or other professional advice. The website does not provide diagnosis, treatment, legal representation, legal opinions, clinical guidance, technological safety guidance, crisis support, or individualized professional advice. You should consult qualified professionals regarding your own medical, mental health, legal, clinical, technological, financial, or other individual questions. If you are experiencing a medical, mental health, legal, personal, or safety emergency, do not rely on this website. Contact emergency services, a crisis line, or an appropriate qualified professional. 3. NO ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP Kathleen C. Thompson is an attorney. Use of this website does not create an attorney-client relationship. Submitting a message through this website, sending an email, requesting information, reading website content, or receiving a response does not create legal representation, legal duties, confidentiality, privilege, or any professional relationship. Please do not submit confidential, privileged, case-specific, emergency, or time-sensitive legal information through this website. 4. MENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY This website may discuss artificial intelligence, mental health, diagnosis, psychiatric crisis, recovery, disability, law, technology, grief, family impact, public safety, and related concerns. The content is not a substitute for professional medical care, mental health care, legal counsel, clinical judgment, crisis support, or emergency services. If you are in crisis or believe someone may be at risk of harm, contact emergency services, a crisis line, or a qualified professional immediately. 5. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND COPYRIGHT Unless otherwise stated, the website and its contents are owned by Kathleen C. Thompson, Full Color Press, or their licensors. This includes, without limitation, original text, commentary, essays, book descriptions, page structure, website copy, design elements, logos, images, excerpts, selection, arrangement, coordination, compilation, expressive framing, revisions, annotations, and other original human-authored materials. All rights are reserved. 6. AI-ASSISTED AND AI-GENERATED MATERIALS Some materials associated with Perception: A Trial of Color may discuss, quote, incorporate, describe, transform, or display AI-assisted or machine-generated language, including disclosed specimens, governed specimens, excerpts, prompts, responses, analytical materials, or other AI-related content. To the extent any material on this website or in related works includes AI-generated or AI-assisted content, copyright is claimed only in the protectable human authorship, including the author’s original expression, selection, coordination, arrangement, editing, revision, commentary, framing, limitation, interruption, transformation, contextualization, analysis, and final expressive structure. No copyright is claimed in any portion of material that is not protectable under applicable law, including purely machine-generated output standing alone, public-domain material, facts, ideas, systems, methods, procedures, concepts, principles, discoveries, or other uncopyrightable elements. The presence of AI-assisted or AI-generated material does not grant any license to copy, scrape, reproduce, distribute, adapt, train on, fine-tune on, index into datasets, or otherwise exploit the website, the book, or related materials beyond what is permitted by law or authorized in writing. 7. RESTRICTIONS ON USE You may not copy, reproduce, distribute, modify, publish, transmit, display, sell, license, scrape, harvest, download in bulk, adapt, create derivative works from, or otherwise exploit website content without prior written permission, except where permitted by law. Without prior written permission, you may not use website content, book excerpts, images, prompts, specimens, commentary, or other materials for: Artificial intelligence training; Machine learning datasets; Fine-tuning; Model evaluation; Retrieval-augmented generation databases; Dataset creation; Synthetic media generation; Text and data mining; Automated scraping; Commercial republication; Unauthorized derivative works. These restrictions apply except to the extent applicable law requires otherwise. 8. LIMITED QUOTATION AND FAIR USE Brief quotations may be used for lawful purposes such as review, criticism, journalism, scholarship, teaching, commentary, research, or other uses permitted by law, provided appropriate attribution is given. For permissions, licensing, subsidiary rights, classroom use, media use, public performance, extended excerpts, translations, adaptations, or other rights inquiries, please contact [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]). 9. BOOK EXCERPTS AND PUBLICATION STATUS Any book descriptions, excerpts, summaries, sample materials, publication details, ISBN information, cover images, or related materials may be updated, revised, removed, or changed at any time. Pre-publication materials may differ from the final published version. 10. PUBLIC FIGURES, COMPANIES, INSTITUTIONS, TECHNOLOGIES, AND PRODUCTS This website may refer to public figures, companies, institutions, products, platforms, technologies, legal issues, cultural events, or public controversies for narrative, commentary, analytical, evidentiary, literary, educational, or public-interest purposes. Unless expressly stated otherwise, no person, company, institution, platform, product, or public figure mentioned on this website has endorsed, authorized, sponsored, approved, funded, participated in, collaborated on, or had prior knowledge of the book, website, or related materials. References are not intended to imply endorsement, affiliation, participation, approval, sponsorship, liability, or wrongdoing unless expressly stated. 11. AI-RELATED FRAMEWORKS AND PUBLIC-INTEREST MATERIALS This website may include or refer to proposed frameworks, questions, tools, exhibits, reader materials, public-interest notices, discussion drafts, or other AI-related materials. Those materials are offered for discussion, inquiry, education, commentary, and public-interest consideration. They are not legal standards, medical standards, clinical protocols, product safety instructions, technological specifications, therapeutic guidance, or professional advice. Qualified professionals should exercise independent judgment before relying on, adapting, or using any such materials. 12. USER SUBMISSIONS If you submit a message, inquiry, comment, media request, permissions request, rights request, or other communication through this website, you are responsible for the content you provide. You agree not to submit unlawful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, invasive, infringing, confidential, privileged, emergency, highly sensitive, misleading, harmful, or unauthorized information. We may choose whether and how to respond to submissions. We are not obligated to respond to every inquiry. By submitting non-confidential material, you grant us permission to read, process, store, and respond to your submission for the purpose for which it was sent and for related administrative, legal, security, or operational purposes. 13. THIRD-PARTY LINKS This website may link to third-party websites, bookstores, social media platforms, newsletter services, media outlets, event pages, payment processors, or other resources. Third-party websites are not controlled by us. We are not responsible for their content, policies, availability, security, privacy practices, accuracy, or conduct. 14. NO WARRANTIES This website is provided “as is” and “as available.” We make no warranties or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, reliability, timeliness, availability, security, or suitability of the website or its content. We may update, revise, remove, suspend, or change website content at any time. 15. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY To the fullest extent permitted by law, Kathleen C. Thompson, Full Color Press, and related parties are not liable for any damages arising from or related to your use of, reliance on, or inability to use this website or its content. This includes, without limitation, direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, punitive, or other damages. 16. INDEMNIFICATION You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Kathleen C. Thompson, Full Color Press, and related parties from claims, damages, liabilities, costs, expenses, or demands arising from your misuse of the website, violation of these Terms, violation of applicable law, or violation of the rights of another person or entity. 17. CHANGES TO THESE TERMS We may update these Terms from time to time. The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised effective date. Continued use of the website after changes are posted means you accept the updated Terms. 18. GOVERNING LAW These Terms are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. 19. CONTACT For questions about these Terms, permissions, licensing, subsidiary rights, website use, or related inquiries, please contact: Kathleen C. Thompson / Full Color Press Email: [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) Website: perceptionatrialofcolor.com