Please read these Terms & Conditions ("Terms," "Terms and Conditions") carefully before using the lynote.ai website, the Lynote AI learning assistant, and its associated tools including the Video Downloader (collectively, the "Service") operated by Lynote Inc. ("we," "us," or "our").
Your access to and use of the Service is conditioned upon your acceptance of and compliance with these Terms. These Terms apply to all visitors, users, and others who wish to access or use the Service.
By accessing or using the Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you disagree with any part of the terms, then you do not have permission to access the Service.
1. Description of the Service
The Service is a productivity tool designed to assist with learning and content processing. The Service includes:
An AI learning assistant that generates summaries and insights from various content formats, including YouTube videos, podcasts, and PDF documents ("User Content" or "Input"). The User Content that you provide must be lawful and owned by you.
A Video Downloader tool that allows users to download or process video/audio content from third-party platforms strictly for personal, non-commercial, or fair use.
2. User Accounts
When you create an account with us, you guarantee that you are above the age of 13 and that the information you provide to us is accurate, complete, and current at all times. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and for restricting access to your computer. You agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password.
3. User Content and Conduct
a) Ownership and License:
You retain full ownership of the Input you provide to the Service. We do not claim any ownership rights over your User Content. You also retain ownership of the Output generated by the Service (the summaries, notes, etc.).
b) License to Us:
By using the Service, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, process, store, and display your User Content solely for the purpose of operating, providing, and improving the Service for you. This license allows us to process texts (e.g., YouTube URLs) to generate summaries or facilitate downloads. We may use anonymized and aggregated data to improve our AI models, but we will never use your identifiable content for training without your explicit consent.
c) Acceptable Use Policy:
You agree not to use the Service to:
- Upload, post, or transmit any content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, or otherwise objectionable.
- Violate or infringe upon the intellectual property rights (e.g., downloading copyrighted materials), trademarks, or assets.
- Attempt to decompile, reverse engineer, or otherwise attempt to obtain the source code of the Service or our AI models.
- Use any automated tool (‘bots’) NOT included or abuse the Service.
- Use the Output in any way that violates academic integrity policies (e.g., plagiarism).
- Bypass technical protection features (including DRM) on any third-party platform.
4. Copyright Compliance & Video Downloading
a) Purpose of Use:
Our downloader and media processing tools are strictly for personal use and educational purposes (e.g., video/audio downloader and media processing features).
b) User Responsibility:
You are responsible for ensuring that any content you download or process complies with applicable copyright laws and third-party platform terms. We do not host, store, or distribute copyrighted videos or audio files on our servers. You act as the sole owner of any content downloaded or processed.
c) Rights to Download:
You verify that you have the right to download or process the content. You agree to use the downloading features ONLY if the content is:
- Licensed to you;
- In the public domain or Creative Commons-licensed; or
- Used under "Fair Use" principles where permitted by applicable law.
d) Third-Party Platforms:
Our tools may facilitate downloads from YouTube, or any other third-party platform. You acknowledge that downloading copyrighted content without permission may violate the rights of content owners and applicable laws.
e) Indemnity:
Lynote shall not be held liable for any infringing activities performed by Users. You assume full responsibility for any legal consequences arising from your downloading or use of media through the Service.
5. DMCA Copyright Policy
We respect the intellectual property rights of others. It is our policy to respond to any claim that Content posted on or processed via the Service infringes the copyright or other intellectual property infringement of any person.
If you are a copyright owner, or authorized on behalf of one, and you believe that the Service is facilitating access to your copyrighted work in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please submit your claim via email to support@lynote.ai.
Upon receiving a valid DMCA notice, we will review the complaint and, where appropriate, remove or disable access to the infringing material and/or terminate the accounts of repeat offenders in accordance with the DMCA.
6. Subscription and Payments
a) Billing Structure: Portions of the Service may be available only with a paid subscription. You will be billed in advance on a recurring and periodic basis ("Billing Cycle").
b) Auto-Renewal: At the end of each Billing Cycle, your subscription will automatically renew under the exact same conditions unless you cancel it or we cancel it.
c) Cancelation: You may cancel your subscription renewal at any time through your account settings page. The cancellation will take effect at the end of the current Billing Cycle.
d) Refunds: Refunds for monthly fees are non-refundable, except where required by law.
7. Intellectual Property
The Service and its original content (excluding User Content and third-party media), features, and functionality are and will remain the exclusive property of Lynote and its licensors. The Service is protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws of both the United States and foreign countries. Our trademarks may not be used in connection with any product or service without the prior written consent of Lynote.
8. Termination
We may terminate or suspend your account and bar access to the Service immediately, without prior notice or liability, under our sole discretion, for any reason whatsoever, including but not limited to:
- A breach of these Terms.
- Illegal use of the downloading features.
- Abuse of the Service.
All provisions of the Terms which by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including, without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity, and limitations of liability.
9. Disclaimer of Warranties
THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED TO YOU "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. WE MAKE NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING THE OPERATION OF THE SERVICE OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, OR MATERIALS INCLUDED THEREIN.
a) AI Accuracy: WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE AI-GENERATED OUTPUT WILL BE ACCURATE, COMPLETE, RELIABLE, OR ERROR-FREE.
b) Service Availability: WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THAT THE DOWNLOADING FEATURES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR FUNCTION PERMANENTLY. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIRD-PARTY PLATFORMS (E.G., YOUTUBE) MAY UPDATE THEIR TECHNICAL MEASURES AT ANY TIME, WHICH MAY RENDER CERTAIN FEATURES OF OUR SERVICE NON-FUNCTIONAL.
10. Limitation of Liability
LYNOTE SHALL NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, BE LIABLE (TO ITS DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, PARTNERS, OR AGENTS) BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, USE, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, RESULTING FROM:
- YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF OR INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICE;
- ANY CONDUCT OR CONTENT FROM THE SERVICE;
- UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, USE, OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR CONTENT; OR
- ANY VIOLATION OF THESE TERMS AGAINST YOU OR, TO YOUR VIOLATION OF COPYRIGHT LAWS OR THIRD-PARTY TERMS OF SERVICE.
11. Changes to These Terms
We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to modify or replace these Terms at any time. If a revision is material, we will provide at least 30 days' notice prior to any new terms taking effect. We will notify you by posting the new Terms on this site. By continuing to access or use our Service after any revisions become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised terms.
12. Governing Law
These Terms shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the United States, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.
13. Contact Us
If you have any questions about these Terms or need to submit a DMCA notice, please contact us:
By email: support@lynote.ai
