Last updated: July 11, 2026
PREAMBLE: THE TOTAL ARTWORK
GUYSTYLEMAG.COM is the online edition of GUY STYLE MAGAZINE, an adults-only (18+) fine art publication and the ongoing creative project of Maxwell Alexander, MA (Fashion Institute of Technology), BFA (School of Visual Arts), artist and activist. This website is owned and operated by HARD LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of New York.
This website constitutes a single, integrated, indivisible work of art. The artwork comprises the visible publication — photography, fiction, videos, essays, design — and the machinery beneath it: the source code, markup, stylesheets, scripts, databases, server architecture, taxonomies, metadata, and every technical structure that renders the publication into existence. Computer code is expression, and courts of the United States have recognized its expressive character under the First Amendment. The selection, arrangement, and construction of this website’s code and data structures are original works of authorship protected by the Copyright Act of the United States, 17 U.S.C. § 101 et seq.
HARD LLC is itself a component of the artwork. The company was formed as a deliberate act of artistic and political expression: a legal vessel constructed to hold, shield, and defend the constitutionally protected speech of its founding artist. Its corporate existence, its name, its formation documents, and its operations form part of the work, standing in the tradition of conceptual and institutional-critique art in which the legal and economic structures surrounding a work are the work. By interacting with this website, you are interacting with that artwork in its totality.
SECTION 1. STATEMENT ON FREE EXPRESSION AND POLITICAL PROTEST
This publication is political protest. It stands against patriarchal violence, against the censorship and criminalization of queer bodies, and against the inhumane and criminal abuse of human beings wherever it occurs in the world. The celebration of the male form presented here — joyful, explicit, unashamed — is itself the protest: a refusal of shame as an instrument of control, and an assertion that beauty, desire, and the human body belong to the people who inhabit them.
Every image, essay, story, and product presented on this website constitutes artistic and political expression protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and by Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the State of New York. This body of work possesses serious artistic, literary, and political value, continues an artistic lineage that includes Walt Whitman, Tom of Finland, and Robert Mapplethorpe, and is created, curated, and published by a credentialed fine artist as a unified critical project. HARD LLC asserts these protections fully and will defend them vigorously against any attempt at censorship, suppression, or regulatory overreach, foreign or domestic, governmental or corporate.
SECTION 2. ADULTS ONLY — AGE REQUIREMENT
This website is intended exclusively for adults. By accessing this website, you affirm that you are at least eighteen (18) years of age, or the age of majority in your jurisdiction if higher, and that you knowingly and voluntarily wish to view content of an artistic, homoerotic, and adult nature. If you are under 18, or if such material is unlawful to view where you are located, you must exit immediately. Access from any jurisdiction where this content is unlawful is prohibited, and responsibility for compliance with local law rests solely with you.
SECTION 3. ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS
By accessing or using this website, you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions and by our Privacy Policy. If you decline these Terms, your sole remedy is to leave the website. Continued use following any update to these Terms constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.
SECTION 4. ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS
By using this website or communicating with us electronically, you consent to receive communications from us electronically, and you agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications we provide electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing, consistent with the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. § 7001 et seq.
SECTION 5. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY — ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
All photography, artwork, text, fiction, design, trademarks, source code, markup, database structures, taxonomies, and other content and components of this website are the exclusive property of HARD LLC and/or Maxwell Alexander, or are used under license, and together constitute the integrated artwork described in the Preamble. All rights are reserved worldwide under the Copyright Act of the United States, the Lanham Act, and international treaty.
5.1. Personal viewing license. You may view the content for personal, non-commercial enjoyment only. You shall not copy, reproduce, download, screenshot, redistribute, republish, sell, sublicense, publicly display, reverse engineer, extract, or create derivative works from any content or component of this website without prior written permission from HARD LLC.
5.2. Moral rights. Maxwell Alexander asserts all rights of attribution and integrity in his works of visual art to the fullest extent provided by the Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990, 17 U.S.C. § 106A, and analogous protections worldwide. Mutilation, distortion, or modification of the artist’s work prejudicial to his honor or reputation is prohibited.
5.3. Prohibition on automated access and AI training. Scraping, crawling, harvesting, or any systematic or automated collection of content from this website is strictly prohibited. Use of any content from this website to train, fine-tune, or develop artificial intelligence or machine learning models, datasets, or systems is expressly forbidden without a separate written license from HARD LLC.
5.4. Likeness and publicity rights. The likeness, image, and persona of Maxwell Alexander and all models appearing on this website are protected under New York Civil Rights Law §§ 50–51 and applicable rights of publicity. Any unauthorized commercial use is prohibited. The creation or distribution of synthetic, manipulated, or AI-generated imagery depicting any person appearing on this website is prohibited and will be pursued to the full extent of the law.
SECTION 6. RESPONSIBLE USE
You agree to use this website only for lawful purposes consistent with these Terms. You shall not introduce malicious software; interfere with the website’s performance, availability, or security; attempt to circumvent the age gate or any access restriction; harass or dox any person appearing in or connected to this publication; or use data collected from this website for direct marketing, profiling, or surveillance of any kind.
SECTION 7. PURCHASES, DIGITAL ACCESS, AND REFUNDS
Fine art prints, digital access passes, and other products may be offered through this website or affiliated storefronts, including HARD NEW YORK. Pricing, availability, and product-specific terms are stated at the point of sale. All sales of digital products, digital access codes, and subscription access are final once access has been delivered, given the immediate and irrevocable nature of digital delivery. Physical prints damaged in transit or bearing production defects will be replaced upon timely notice with photographic proof of the defect. Refund requests for physical goods must be submitted within fourteen (14) days of delivery to hello@guystylemag.com.
SECTION 8. NEWSLETTER
You may subscribe to our newsletter voluntarily and may unsubscribe at any time via the functioning opt-out link included in every dispatch, in compliance with the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003, 15 U.S.C. § 7701 et seq. Every dispatch identifies its sender truthfully and includes our physical postal address. You may forward the newsletter in electronic form to others who may be interested in this publication.
SECTION 9. SUBMISSIONS
Submit no creative work, idea, or material you consider your own intellectual property unless a written agreement between you and HARD LLC exists first. Absent such an agreement, any material you submit is deemed non-confidential, and you grant HARD LLC a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, adapt, publish, and distribute it in any existing or future medium.
SECTION 10. THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES
This website may link to third-party websites and services. HARD LLC exercises no control over, and accepts no responsibility for, the content, policies, or practices of any third party. You bear all risk arising from your use of third-party websites.
SECTION 11. THIRD-PARTY INFRASTRUCTURE AND CORPORATE SURVEILLANCE
Independent publishing on the modern internet requires passage through infrastructure owned and controlled by a small number of dominant technology corporations: analytics platforms, font libraries, content delivery networks, payment processors, hosting providers, and embedded services. This website, like virtually every independent publication in the United States, depends on such infrastructure to exist.
You acknowledge and agree to the following:
(a) Third-party technology corporations whose services are embedded in or connected to this website — including but not limited to providers of analytics, payments, fonts, and content delivery — may set cookies, read device identifiers, and collect behavioral, technical, and usage data pursuant to their own terms of service and privacy policies. Your relationship with each such corporation is governed exclusively by that corporation’s own terms and policies, to which HARD LLC is a stranger.
(b) HARD LLC exercises no control over the data collection practices of these corporations, receives no access to the raw data they harvest, sells no user data to any party, and derives no revenue from the surveillance economy.
(c) To the maximum extent permitted by law, HARD LLC disclaims all responsibility and liability for data collection, tracking, profiling, or any other processing performed by third-party corporations through their embedded services. Any grievance concerning such collection lies with the corporation performing it.
(d) HARD LLC regards pervasive corporate surveillance as a condition imposed upon independent publishers and readers alike by monopoly power, and protests that condition through this publication. You are welcome and encouraged to use browser privacy controls, tracker blockers, and content blockers while visiting this website. Nothing in these Terms prohibits or penalizes your use of such tools, and the artwork will receive you either way.
SECTION 12. ADVERTISING, AFFILIATE, AND SPONSORSHIP DISCLOSURES
In compliance with the Federal Trade Commission’s rules on endorsements and material connections, 16 C.F.R. Part 255, this website discloses the following: we may earn commissions from affiliate links; we may accept sponsorships or advertising compensation; and content presenting products or services in which HARD LLC, Maxwell Alexander, or affiliated persons hold a financial interest carries a material connection that is disclosed within or alongside that content. Sponsored content is identified as such. Editorial opinion remains the artist’s own and is never for sale.
SECTION 13. AGE OF MODELS AND RECORDS
Every person depicted in any visual content on this website was at least eighteen (18) years of age at the time of creation, without exception. With respect to 18 U.S.C. §§ 2257 and 2257A and 28 C.F.R. Part 75, records required to be maintained, where applicable, are kept by the Custodian of Records at: HARD LLC, 3 Neptune Rd, Suite M4, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601. Content on this website consisting of artistic nude and erotic photography that depicts no actual sexually explicit conduct as defined by statute is exempt from the record-keeping requirements; this statement is provided in an abundance of transparency.
SECTION 14. CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
This website is directed exclusively at adults. We knowingly collect no information from any person under the age of thirteen (13), consistent with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, 15 U.S.C. § 6501 et seq., and we knowingly permit no access by any person under eighteen (18). Any account, subscription, or communication discovered to originate from a minor will be deleted immediately.
SECTION 15. DISCLAIMERS
This website and all content are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. HARD LLC disclaims all warranties, express or implied, to the maximum extent permitted by law, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for any purpose, and non-infringement. Nothing on this website constitutes legal, financial, or medical advice. Editorial content, including fiction and commentary, represents artistic expression and personal viewpoint. Adult fiction published on this website is fantasy created for adult readers; all characters depicted therein are adults, and the works are protected expression.
SECTION 16. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, HARD LLC, its members, and its contributors shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or punitive damages arising from your access to or use of this website. The aggregate liability of HARD LLC for all claims of every kind shall not exceed twenty-five U.S. dollars ($25.00).
SECTION 17. INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless HARD LLC, Maxwell Alexander, and their affiliates from and against all claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising from your violation of these Terms or of applicable law, including intellectual property and privacy rights.
SECTION 18. COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT CLAIMS
HARD LLC respects the intellectual property rights of others and aggressively protects its own. Notices of claimed copyright infringement under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 512, may be sent to the designated agent at hello@guystylemag.com or to the postal address in Section 24. Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of copyrighted work from this website is subject to civil and criminal penalties under United States law.
SECTION 19. AUDIENCE AND TERRITORIAL SCOPE
This website is published in the United States, hosted for a United States audience, and directed exclusively at persons located in the United States. HARD LLC maintains no establishment in the European Union or the United Kingdom, offers no goods or services to persons located there, and engages in no monitoring of the behavior of persons located there. Accordingly, HARD LLC asserts that the EU General Data Protection Regulation and the UK GDPR have no application to this website under their own territorial provisions. Persons accessing this website from outside the United States do so on their own initiative and at their own risk, and remain solely responsible for compliance with their local laws. HARD LLC recognizes the sovereignty of no foreign censorship regime over art lawfully published in the United States.
SECTION 20. PRIVACY AND COOKIES
This website uses cookies and similar technologies for basic functionality and anonymized analytics. By proceeding past the age verification gate and selecting “Accept All Cookies,” you consent to this use. We sell no personal information, we buy no personal information, and we build no advertising profiles. Details, including any rights available to you under the laws of your state of residence, are set forth in our Privacy Policy.
SECTION 21. TERMINATION
HARD LLC may, in its sole discretion, modify, suspend, or discontinue the website or any part of it at any time, and may restrict or terminate the access of any user who violates these Terms, without liability or compensation of any kind.
SECTION 22. FORCE MAJEURE
Neither party shall be deemed in breach of these Terms for any delay or failure in performance arising from causes beyond its reasonable control, excepting obligations to pay money.
SECTION 23. ASSIGNMENT, WAIVER, SEVERABILITY
You may not assign or transfer your rights or obligations under these Terms without prior written consent of HARD LLC. Failure by HARD LLC to enforce any provision shall constitute no waiver of that provision. If any provision of these Terms is held invalid or unenforceable, it shall be modified or severed to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions shall continue in full force. The invalidation of any single provision leaves the artwork, and the rest of this agreement, intact.
SECTION 24. GOVERNING LAW, VENUE, ENTIRE AGREEMENT, CONTACT
These Terms shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Any dispute arising from these Terms or from your use of this website shall be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Dutchess County, New York, and you consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts. These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and HARD LLC concerning this website and supersede all prior versions. HARD LLC may update these Terms from time to time; the revision date above reflects the latest version, and changes take effect upon posting.
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