Terms & Conditions
Thumbify is a free, browser-based media utility designed for personal, non-commercial, and fair-use archiving. By using our site, you agree to respect copyright laws, adhere to YouTube’s guidelines, and take full responsibility for the media you choose to download or convert.
1. Acceptance of Terms
By accessing, browsing, or utilizing the services provided on thumbify.tech (the "Service" or "Website"), you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to be legally bound by these Terms & Conditions.
If you do not agree with any portion of these Terms, you must immediately discontinue use of the Website.
2. Nature & Scope of the Service
Thumbify operates as an online technical intermediary and software utility that allows users to parse publicly available YouTube video links to extract thumbnail images, video clips, and audio tracks directly within their web browser.
Thumbify does not host, store, stream, or distribute copyrighted video or audio files on its own servers. All media files remain hosted on third-party infrastructure (such as Google / YouTube content delivery networks) and are retrieved at the explicit instruction of the user.
3. Intellectual Property & Copyright Compliance
All original video, audio, image, and text content published on YouTube is the intellectual property of their respective creators, copyright owners, or licensors.
You agree to only download or convert content if:
- You are the original creator or copyright holder of the content;
- You have received express written permission or a valid license from the copyright owner;
- The content is licensed under Creative Commons or has been dedicated to the Public Domain; or
- Your use constitutes legal "Fair Use" (or equivalent statutory exemptions) under applicable copyright laws (such as 17 U.S.C. § 107 in the United States) for purposes such as criticism, commentary, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, or research.
4. DMCA & Takedown Procedure
Thumbify strictly respects intellectual property rights and complies with the provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512) and international copyright directives.
Because Thumbify does not host or store files on its servers, the most effective method for copyright owners to remove infringing material is to submit a takedown request directly to the host platform (YouTube / Google LLC).
However, if you are a copyright owner and wish to request the blocking of specific URLs from being processed through our web interface, you may submit a formal notification containing:
- Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to be infringed;
- The specific YouTube URL(s) to be restricted;
- Your full contact information (name, address, telephone number, and email);
- A statement made in good faith that use of the material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
- A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner.
Send takedown notices to: dmca@thumbify.tech.
5. Permitted and Prohibited Conduct
As a user of Thumbify, you explicitly agree that you will not:
- Use the Service for commercial resale, distribution, or unauthorized syndication of copyrighted media;
- Deploy automated bots, scrapers, crawlers, or high-frequency scripts that degrade, overburden, or impair the Website infrastructure;
- Attempt to bypass rate limits, security measures, or anti-abuse protections implemented on the site;
- Use the Website to download content that is illegal, defamatory, obscene, or promotes hate speech;
- Reverse engineer, decompile, or tamper with the proprietary client-side code of Thumbify.
6. Third-Party Disclaimer & Non-Affiliation
Thumbify is an independent utility website. Thumbify is not affiliated with, sponsored by, authorized by, or endorsed by YouTube, Google LLC, or Alphabet Inc. "YouTube" and the YouTube logo are registered trademarks of Google LLC. All trademarks, service marks, and company names referenced belong to their respective holders.
7. Disclaimer of Warranties
THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. THUMBIFY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, TIMELY, OR SECURE.
8. Limitation of Liability
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL THUMBIFY, ITS OPERATORS, AFFILIATES, OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE WEBSITE OR ANY EXTRACTED MEDIA.
9. Changes to These Terms
We reserve the right to revise or replace these Terms & Conditions at our sole discretion. Your continued use of the Website following any posted modifications constitutes unconditional acceptance of the revised Terms.
10. Contact Information
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