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52 Medium severity
17 Low severity

Key Facts · in the document’s own words

What is Hulu's total liability to a user for all damages, losses, and causes of action?
“IN NO EVENT SHALL OUR TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES AND CAUSES OF ACTION EXCEED ONE THOUSAND U.S. DOLLARS (US $1,000).”
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Hulu caps its total liability to a user for all damages, losses, and causes of action at one thousand U.S. dollars (US $1,000).
Does Hulu disclaim all warranties and conditions with respect to the content and the services?
“THE CONTENT AS WELL AS THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND...DISNEY+, ESPN, HULU, AND THEIR AFFILIATES...EACH EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY...”
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Hulu expressly disclaims all warranties and conditions, whether express, implied, or statutory, with respect to both the content and the services, which are provided on an as-is basis.
Do subscriptions automatically renew at the end of the disclosed subscription term unless cancelled?
“Your subscription(s) will automatically renew at the end of the disclosed subscription term, unless cancelled in accordance with the instructions for cancellation below.”
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Hulu requires that subscriptions automatically renew at the end of the disclosed subscription term unless cancelled in accordance with the cancellation instructions.
When does cancellation take effect?
“CANCELLATION WILL TAKE EFFECT AT THE END OF THE CURRENT SUBSCRIPTION TERM, FREE TRIAL OR PROMOTION UNLESS OTHERWISE DISCLOSED; YOU WILL BE BILLED FOR ANY REMAINING BILLING PERIODS IN YOUR SUBSCRIPTION TERM.”
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Hulu requires that cancellation takes effect at the end of the current subscription term, free trial, or promotion unless otherwise disclosed, and that the user will be billed for any remaining billing periods in the subscription term.
Does Hulu require that users waive class action procedures?
“YOU, DISNEY+, ESPN, AND HULU AGREE TO WAIVE CLASS ACTION PROCEDURES. No party will seek to have a dispute heard as a class action or private attorney general action or in any other proceeding in which any party acts or proposes to act in a representative capacity.”
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Hulu requires that users waive class action procedures, prohibiting any party from having a dispute heard as a class action, private attorney general action, or any other representative-capacity proceeding.
Will Hulu provide a separate notice that a free trial is about to end or has ended?
“you will not receive a separate notice that your free trial is about to end or has ended, or that your paid subscription has begun, unless expressly required by statute or regulation...”
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Hulu will not provide a separate notice that a free trial is about to end or has ended, or that a paid subscription has begun, unless expressly required by statute or regulation.
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Summary

This document sets out the rules for using Hulu's streaming service. Your subscription renews automatically, cancellation takes effect at the end of your current billing period, and Hulu is not required to warn you before a free trial converts to a paid subscription. If something goes wrong, Hulu makes no warranties about its service and your ability to recover money from Hulu is capped at $1,000 total, with any disputes resolved through individual arbitration rather than in court.

Analysis

Hulu's Terms of Use establish the conditions under which individual users may access its streaming services, granting a limited, personal-use, non-transferable, revocable, non-exclusive, and non-sublicensable license to stream or temporarily download copyrighted content for noncommercial purposes only. Subscriptions automatically renew at the end of each billing term and cancellations take effect at the end of the current term, with no refunds or credits for partial periods except as required by applicable law or granted at Hulu's sole and absolute discretion. Hulu disclaims all express, implied, and statutory warranties and caps its total aggregate liability to any user at US $1,000 across all damages, losses, and causes of action. All disputes are subject to mandatory binding individual arbitration with a class action and representative proceeding waiver, except for claims within small claims court jurisdiction. Use of Hulu's content or services in connection with any AI or machine learning development, training, testing, benchmarking, or validation is expressly prohibited.

What this means for you

As a Hulu user, you receive a revocable, personal-use-only license to stream content that cannot be shared outside your household unless your service tier expressly permits it, and that cannot be used in connection with any AI or machine learning activity. Your subscription renews automatically, you will be billed for all remaining periods in a term after cancellation, and Hulu will not send you a separate advance notice when a free trial is about to end or convert to a paid plan. You have no contractual right to a partial-period refund, Hulu provides no warranties about its content or services, and your total financial recovery from Hulu across all claims is capped at $1,000. If you have a dispute, you must bring it as an individual binding arbitration claim — not as a class or representative action — unless it falls within small claims court jurisdiction. To avoid being charged for a new subscription term, you must cancel following Hulu's cancellation instructions before the current term ends.

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