Terms of Use

Entity: Samplette LLC

Effective: September 12, 2025

1. Acceptance of terms

By accessing or using samplette.io (the “Service”), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use, our Privacy Policy, and our Cookie Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

2. Definitions

3. Eligibility

You must be 18 years of age or older to use the Service.

4. Description of service

The Service shows randomized YouTube videos for music discovery. We do not host or store the videos and are not responsible for their content. If you are a copyright owner and believe your work appears on YouTube without authorization, contact us at contact@samplette.io and we will remove links to that content from the Service.

5. Intellectual property and license

Unless otherwise stated, Samplette LLC and/or its licensors own all intellectual property rights in the Service and its Content. You are granted a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access and use the Service for personal, non-commercial purposes, subject to these Terms.

6. Prohibited conduct

When using the Service, you agree that you will not, under any circumstances:

Violations of this section may result in suspension or termination of your account, removal of content, or other actions as described in the Account Suspension and Termination section.

7. Account suspension and termination

We may suspend or terminate your access to the Service (in whole or in part), remove content, or restrict features at our discretion if we believe you:

Immediate action: We may take immediate action without prior notice where necessary to protect users, our Service, or third parties, or to comply with legal obligations.

Notice and appeal: Where reasonable, we will notify you of the reason for the action. You may appeal by emailing contact@samplette.io. We will review appeals in good faith but are not obligated to reinstate access.

Effect of termination: Upon termination, your right to use the Service ceases immediately. We may retain certain information as permitted by law and our Privacy Policy, including to comply with legal obligations or investigate violations.

No liability: We are not liable for any loss or harm arising from suspension or termination consistent with these Terms.

Survival: Sections relating to intellectual property, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnification, and governing law survive termination.

8. User-generated content

By submitting comments, saved notes, favorites, copied links, playlists, saved filters, or other User Content, you represent you have all necessary rights and grant Samplette LLC a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, edit, display, modify, and distribute such content for operating, maintaining, and improving the Service. You retain ownership of your content. We may remove content that violates these Terms.

9. Audio analysis, local processing, and storage of results

By selecting “I Agree” and uploading any audio file, you represent you are the lawful owner of, or have obtained rights to use and permit analysis of, such content. Audio processing is performed locally in your browser using client-side technology; no copy of your audio file is transmitted to or stored on our servers. Derived analysis results (metrics/features) may be transmitted to and stored in our database to operate and improve the Service and to make results available when you are logged in. If logged in at the time of analysis, your user identifier may be stored with the results.

10. Third-party services and data sources

We are not responsible for third-party services or content.

11. Open source acknowledgements

This product includes software developed by third parties. The full list of open-source components and license texts is available at: https://samplette.io/legal/licenses.txt.

12. DMCA policy

If you believe your copyrighted work has been used in a way that constitutes infringement, email a DMCA notice to contact@samplette.io with: (i) your contact information; (ii) identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed; (iii) identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material; (iv) a statement that you have a good-faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; (v) a statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right that is allegedly infringed; and (vi) your physical or electronic signature.

13. Disclaimers

The Service is provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, secure, or error-free, or that any defects will be corrected.

14. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Samplette LLC shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or any loss of profits, revenue, data, or use, arising out of or relating to your use of the Service, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages. Our total liability for any claim arising from or related to the Service shall not exceed the amount you have paid to us, if any, for use of the Service in the twelve (12) months preceding the claim.

15. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Samplette LLC, its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, and suppliers from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses, or fees (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or relating to your violation of these Terms or your use of the Service, including but not limited to your User Content, any use of the Service's content, services, and products other than as expressly authorized in these Terms, or your use of any information obtained from the Service.

16. Governing law & dispute resolution

These Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Maryland, USA, without regard to its conflict of law principles. Any dispute, controversy, or claim arising out of or relating to these Terms or the breach, termination, enforcement, interpretation, or validity thereof shall be resolved by binding arbitration in Montgomery County, Maryland, except where prohibited by law. To the fullest extent permitted by law, you waive the right to participate in a class action or class-wide arbitration.

17. Force majeure

We shall not be liable or responsible for any failure or delay in performance caused by events beyond our reasonable control, including but not limited to acts of God, natural disasters, war, terrorism, labor disputes, governmental action, internet or telecommunications outages, or failures of third-party service providers.

18. Survival

Provisions of these Terms which by their nature should apply beyond their terms will remain in force after any termination or expiration of these Terms, including but not limited to intellectual property rights, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnification, and governing law.

19. Changes to terms

We may update these Terms from time to time in our sole discretion. When we do, we will revise the “Effective” date at the top of this page. Your continued use of the Service after the posting of revised Terms means that you accept and agree to the changes.

20. Contact

If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us at contact@samplette.io.

21. Changes to the Service

We reserve the right to modify, suspend, or discontinue the Service (in whole or in part) at any time, with or without notice, and without liability to you or any third party. We may also impose limits on certain features or restrict access to parts or all of the Service without notice or liability.

22. Entire Agreement

These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and Samplette LLC regarding your use of the Service and supersede any prior agreements, understandings, or arrangements, whether oral or written, relating to the subject matter herein.

23. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable for any reason, the remaining provisions shall not be affected and shall remain valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.

24. No Waiver

Our failure to enforce any provision of these Terms shall not be deemed a waiver of our rights to enforce that provision or any other provision in the future.

25. Assignment

You may not assign or transfer your rights or obligations under these Terms without our prior written consent. We may assign or transfer our rights and obligations without restriction, including in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.

26. Headings

Section headings are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect.

27. Notices

All legal notices to us must be sent to: contact@samplette.io. We may provide notices to you via email, through the Service, or by posting updated Terms on our website.