Terms of Service

Agreement to these terms

These terms are the agreement between you and AudioDrop for your use of this website and the conversion tool on it. By using the service you accept them. If you do not accept them, do not use the service.

Our handling of data is described separately in the Privacy Policy, which forms part of this agreement.

What the service does

AudioDrop is a browser-based tool. You supply the address of a publicly available YouTube video; we ask an upstream provider to resolve a media file for it, stream that file through to your browser, and — for MP3 output — re-encode it on your device.

We host no media library, we index nothing, and we store no converted files. The service acts on one link at a time, at your instruction, and keeps nothing afterwards.

It is offered free of charge, with no account and no guarantee of continued availability. We may change, limit or withdraw any part of it at any time.

You are responsible for what you convert

This is the most important term on the page. You choose the link. You are solely responsible for whether you are entitled to download and use what it points at.

By using the service, you confirm that for each link you submit:

• you own the content, or you have the rights holder’s permission, or the content is licensed or in the public domain in a way that permits you to download and use it;
• your use complies with copyright law and any other law that applies to you; and
• your use complies with the terms of service of the platform the content is hosted on, including YouTube’s.

We do not review, verify or monitor the links you submit — we could not do so meaningfully, and we do not retain them. That means the responsibility is genuinely yours, not nominally yours. If you are not sure whether you may download something, the answer is to not download it.

Acceptable use

You agree not to:

• use the service for content you have no right to download, or to infringe anyone’s copyright, trademark, privacy or other rights;
• automate, script or otherwise submit requests other than through the website as it is presented to you;
• circumvent, disable or interfere with rate limits, the anti-abuse check, or any other technical measure on the service;
• resell access to the service, wrap it in another product, or use it as a backend for your own tool;
• probe, scan or test the security of the service without our prior written permission, or attempt to gain access to any part of it that is not offered to you;
• use the service to distribute malware, or in any way that could damage, disable or overburden it.

Responsible security research is welcome — ask first at [email protected] and we will not treat a good-faith report as a breach of these terms.

Rate limits and fair use

Every conversion costs us money upstream, so the service is metered. Requests are limited per IP address, simultaneous conversions are capped, and an anti-abuse check may be required before a conversion starts.

These limits exist so the service stays free and available for everyone. We may adjust them at any time, and we may refuse or throttle requests that look automated or abusive. Being rate-limited is not a fault in the service.

No affiliation with YouTube or Google

AudioDrop is an independent service. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by or connected to YouTube or Google in any way. YouTube is a trademark of Google LLC, and any other trademarks referenced belong to their respective owners; they are used only to describe what the tool does.

We cannot change, remove or restrict anything on YouTube, and we have no relationship through which to ask.

Availability and disclaimer of warranties

The service is provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title or non-infringement, to the fullest extent the law allows.

We do not promise that the service will be uninterrupted, timely, error-free, or that any particular link will convert. It depends on third-party providers and on YouTube itself; a video may be private, removed, restricted, still processing or simply unavailable, and there is nothing we can do about that.

Output quality is bounded by the source. Selecting a higher bitrate cannot add detail that was never in the original audio, and we make no representation about the quality of any converted file.

Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, AudioDrop and anyone involved in operating it will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary or punitive damages, or for any loss of data, profits, revenue, goodwill or anticipated savings, arising out of or connected with your use of — or inability to use — the service, on any theory of liability, even if we have been advised that such damages are possible.

Because the service is provided free of charge, our total aggregate liability to you for all claims relating to it is limited to the greater of the amount you paid us to use it (which is nothing) or, where the law requires a minimum, the smallest amount that law permits.

Nothing in these terms excludes or limits liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited, including for fraud, or for death or personal injury caused by negligence. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain exclusions, so parts of this section may not apply to you.

Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless AudioDrop and anyone involved in operating it against any claim, demand, loss, liability or expense — including reasonable legal fees — arising from your use of the service, from any content you convert through it, or from your breach of these terms or of any law or third-party right.

Copyright complaints

We store no files and host no content. Media requested through the service is streamed from a third-party source directly to the requesting browser and is not retained, so there is generally nothing on our side to take down.

If you are a rights holder or an authorised agent and you believe the service is being used to infringe your rights, write to [email protected] with:

• identification of the work you say is being infringed;
• the specific URL or video the complaint concerns;
• your name, address, telephone number and email address;
• a statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is not authorised by the rights holder, its agent or the law;
• a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the rights holder or authorised to act for them; and
• your physical or electronic signature.

We will review every complete notice and respond, including by blocking a specific video from being processed by the service where that is the appropriate remedy. We cannot remove anything from YouTube — those requests have to go to YouTube.

Suspension and termination

We may restrict, suspend or block access to the service — for a request, an IP address or a range — at any time and without notice, in particular where we believe these terms are being breached or where the service is being abused. There is no account to close: stopping is a matter of not using the site.

Changes to these terms

We may update these terms. When we do, the “last updated” date at the top of the page changes. Continuing to use the service after an update means you accept the updated terms, so it is worth a glance if the date has moved.

General

• Informal resolution first. If something goes wrong, email [email protected] before doing anything formal. Most problems are a misunderstanding and are cheaper to fix in an email than anywhere else.
• Severability. If any provision of these terms is held unenforceable, it is limited or removed to the minimum extent necessary and the rest stays in force.
• No waiver. If we do not enforce a provision, that is not a waiver of our right to enforce it later.
• Entire agreement. These terms and the Privacy Policy are the whole agreement between you and us about the service, and replace anything said previously.
• Assignment. You may not assign or transfer these terms. We may assign them in connection with a transfer of the service.

Contact

Questions about these terms go to [email protected]. The contact page lists the other reasons people write in and what to include with each.