Terms of Use

Effective Date: 4th of June 2025

1. Acceptance of the Terms

1.1. These Terms of Use ("Terms") govern all access to and use of the website nicolafriuli.com and any sub-pages (collectively, the "Site").

1.2. By accessing or using the Site you ("User") acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms and by the Privacy Policy.

1.3. If you do not accept every provision herein, you must not use the Site.

2. Ownership and Intellectual Property

2.1. Except where otherwise indicated, all content on the Site —including but not limited to designs, text, graphics, photographs, illustrations, videos, animations, source code, trade dress, and the "Nicola Friuli" word-mark ("Content")—is the sole property of Nicola Friuli, based in Perugia (PG), Italy (C.F. FRLNCL01S18G478I – P. IVA IT03929140543), or is used under lawful licence.

2.2. All rights not expressly granted in Section 3 are reserved. No title or ownership in the Content is transferred to the User.

3. Licence to Users

3.1. Viewing licence. Owner grants each User a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to access and display the Content for personal, non-commercial purposes in connection with viewing the Site.

3.2. Sharing licence. Subject to Section 4, the Content (or reasonable excerpts thereof) may be shared publicly under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), incorporated herein by reference.

  • Attribution requirement. When sharing, User must provide the Owner’s name and either a direct link to the Site (nicolafriuli.com) or a tag/mention of Owner’s official profile on the platform used.

  • No modifications. User must not edit, remix, transform or build upon the Content without the Owner’s prior written consent.

  • Non-commercial only. Any commercial exploitation—including use in advertising, paid courses, NFTs or training of generative-AI models—is strictly prohibited without an explicit commercial licence from Owner.

3.3. Termination. Owner may revoke the above licences at any time by written notice (including e-mail or Site notice) in case of breach. Upon revocation the User must immediately cease use and delete all copies.

4. Prohibited Conduct

While using the Site, User shall not:

4.1. Use automated systems (including spiders, robots, crawlers) to scrape, data-mine, or download Content at a scale beyond normal browser usage.

4.2. Use the Content to train, validate, or operate machine-learning or generative-AI models without written permission.

4.3. Remove or obscure copyright notices, watermarks, or attribution.

4.4. Upload, post, or transmit any code or material intended to disrupt or interfere with the Site.

4.5. Misrepresent affiliation with Owner or present the Content in a manner that suggests endorsement.

4.6. Use the contact form or e-mail address for unsolicited commercial messages ("spam"), harassment, or any unlawful purpose.

5. Contact Form and Enquiries

5.1. The Site provides a contact form that transmits the data you supply directly to Owner via e-mail.

5.2. Submitting an enquiry does not create an agency, partnership, employment or client-designer relationship unless and until a separate written agreement is signed.

5.3. User warrants that any information submitted is truthful and non-infringing.

6. Disclaimer of Warranties

6.1. The Site and Content are provided "as-is" and "as-available." Owner expressly disclaims all warranties—statutory, express or implied—including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement.

6.2. Owner does not warrant that the Site will be uninterrupted, secure, error-free, or free of viruses.

7. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Owner shall not be liable for any indirect, consequential, incidental, special, punitive or exemplary damages, or for loss of profits, revenues, goodwill, data or other intangible losses, arising out of or relating to the use of, or inability to use, the Site, even if Owner has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Owner’s total cumulative liability shall not exceed €100 (One Hundred Euro).

8. Indemnification

User agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Owner from any claim, demand, suit, or damage (including legal fees) arising out of User’s breach of these Terms, misuse of the Site, or violation of any law or third-party rights.

9. Modification and Availability

9.1. Owner may amend these Terms at any time by posting the updated version on the Site; the "Effective Date" will change accordingly. Continued use of the Site constitutes acceptance of the amendment.

9.2. Owner reserves the right to modify, suspend, or discontinue any part of the Site without notice or liability.

10. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

10.1. These Terms shall be governed by the laws of Italy without regard to its conflict of laws provisions.

10.2. You acknowledge that these Terms are a contract between you and the Owner, even though it may be electronic and may not be physically signed by you and the Owner, and it governs your use of the Site and Content.

10.3. Exclusive jurisdiction for any dispute arising under or in connection with these Terms shall lie with the Tribunale di Perugia (Court of Perugia), Italy.

10.4. The binding language for dispute-resolution and contractual interpretation is Italian. Any translation into a language other than Italian is provided for convenience only.

11. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable, that provision shall be struck and the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect.

12. Entire Agreement

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between User and Owner, regarding the use of the Site and supersede any prior agreements or understandings.

13. Contact

Questions regarding these Terms should be directed to hello@nicolafriuli.com.