YouTube Transcripts

Terms of Service

Last updated: January 1, 2025

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing and using YouTubeTranscripts.app ("the Service"), you accept and agree to be bound by the terms and provision of this agreement. If you do not agree to abide by the above, please do not use this service.

2. Description of Service

YouTubeTranscripts.app is a free web-based tool that allows users to extract transcripts and captions from publicly available YouTube videos. The service converts YouTube video content into text format and provides download options in various formats including TXT, SRT, VTT, and JSON.

3. User Responsibilities

3.1 Acceptable Use

You agree to use the Service only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms. You agree not to:

  • Use the Service for any illegal or unauthorized purpose
  • Violate any applicable laws or regulations
  • Infringe upon the intellectual property rights of others
  • Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Service or its related systems
  • Use automated tools to overload or disrupt the Service
  • Extract transcripts from private or restricted YouTube videos

3.2 Content Responsibility

You are solely responsible for ensuring that your use of extracted transcripts complies with applicable copyright laws, YouTube's Terms of Service, and the intellectual property rights of content creators. The Service only extracts publicly available captions and transcripts provided by YouTube.

4. Intellectual Property Rights

4.1 Service Content

The Service, including its design, functionality, and original content, is owned by YouTubeTranscripts.app and is protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws.

4.2 Extracted Content

Extracted transcripts remain the intellectual property of their original creators. YouTubeTranscripts.app does not claim ownership of any extracted content. Users must respect the copyright and intellectual property rights of original content creators.

5. Privacy and Data Collection

5.1 Data Processing

We process YouTube URLs temporarily to extract transcripts. We do not store YouTube URLs, extracted transcripts, or personal user data on our servers after the extraction process is complete.

5.2 Analytics

We may collect anonymous usage statistics to improve the Service, including but not limited to the number of extractions performed and general usage patterns. No personally identifiable information is collected.

6. Service Availability and Limitations

6.1 Service Availability

While we strive to maintain high availability, we do not guarantee that the Service will be available at all times. The Service may be temporarily unavailable due to maintenance, updates, or technical issues.

6.2 Extraction Limitations

The Service can only extract transcripts from YouTube videos that have publicly available captions or transcripts. We cannot extract transcripts from:

  • Private or unlisted videos without captions
  • Videos where captions have been disabled by the creator
  • Videos that violate YouTube's Terms of Service
  • Content that is geographically restricted

7. Disclaimers and Warranties

7.1 Service Disclaimer

The Service is provided "as is" and "as available" without any warranties of any kind, either express or implied. We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or completely secure.

7.2 Accuracy Disclaimer

We do not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or quality of extracted transcripts. Transcript accuracy depends on YouTube's automatic speech recognition or manually created captions provided by content creators.

8. Limitation of Liability

In no event shall YouTubeTranscripts.app, its owners, employees, or affiliates be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including without limitation, loss of profits, data, use, goodwill, or other intangible losses, resulting from your use of the Service.

9. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless YouTubeTranscripts.app and its affiliates from and against any claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs, or debt, and expenses (including attorney's fees) arising from your use of the Service or violation of these Terms.

10. Third-Party Services

The Service relies on YouTube's API and services to extract transcripts. We are not responsible for any changes, limitations, or discontinuation of YouTube's services that may affect the functionality of our Service.

11. Modifications to Terms

We reserve the right to modify these Terms at any time. We will notify users of any material changes by posting the new Terms on this page with an updated "Last updated" date. Your continued use of the Service after any such changes constitutes your acceptance of the new Terms.

12. Termination

We may terminate or suspend your access to the Service immediately, without prior notice or liability, for any reason whatsoever, including without limitation if you breach the Terms.

13. Governing Law

These Terms shall be interpreted and governed by the laws of the jurisdiction in which YouTubeTranscripts.app operates, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.

14. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect.

15. Contact Information

If you have any questions about these Terms of Service, please contact us at:

Email: legal@youtubetranscripts.app
Website: https://youtubetranscripts.app

16. Fair Use and Copyright

Users are responsible for ensuring their use of extracted transcripts falls under fair use provisions or other applicable copyright exceptions. We recommend:

  • Using transcripts for educational, research, or commentary purposes
  • Providing proper attribution to original content creators
  • Respecting the intellectual property rights of video creators
  • Obtaining permission for commercial use when required

By using YouTubeTranscripts.app, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms of Service.