Legal Disclaimer & Usage Policy

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Please read this disclaimer carefully before using ClipForge. By accessing or using the service you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to the terms set out below. If you do not agree, do not use ClipForge.

1. Your Responsibility

You, the user, are solely and entirely responsible for ensuring you have the legal right to use any video content you reference or analyse within ClipForge.

ClipForge does not grant, transfer, or imply any copyright permissions or licences. Using this tool with content you do not own, or for which you do not hold explicit written permission, is a violation of our Terms of Service and may expose you to civil and criminal liability under applicable copyright law (including but not limited to the DMCA, EU Copyright Directive, and equivalent national legislation).

By using ClipForge you affirm that you have verified your rights for every piece of content you submit.

2. What ClipForge Does

ClipForge is a text-analysis tool. Its sole function is to read transcript text that you provide and return AI-generated suggestions for clip ideas, hooks, captions, and hashtags.

  • ClipForge does not download any video or audio.
  • ClipForge does not store or host any video content.
  • ClipForge does not redistribute or publish any media.
  • ClipForge processes only the plain text you paste into the application.

Any YouTube URL you provide is used solely as a reference label for your own organisation — it is not fetched, crawled, or scraped by our systems.

3. Prohibited Use

You must not use ClipForge for any of the following:

  • Content you do not own and have not received explicit written permission to use.
  • Content that is subject to copyright, trademark, or other intellectual-property protection without a valid licence.
  • Content that violates the Terms of Service of the originating platform (e.g. YouTube, Twitch, TikTok).
  • Content belonging to a third party where no permission, Creative Commons licence, or fair-use basis applies.
  • Any activity intended to circumvent or undermine the rights of original content creators.

Breach of these prohibitions results in immediate termination of your account. ClipForge reserves the right to report abuse to relevant authorities.

4. Takedown & Contact

If you are a rights holder and believe that content associated with your work has been used through ClipForge without authorisation, please contact us immediately:

Legal & Copyright Enquiries

legal@clipforge.app

We take copyright seriously and commit to responding within 48 hours. Please include a description of the work, the alleged infringement, and your contact information.

Note: legal@clipforge.app is a placeholder address for this demo. Replace with your real legal contact before going live.

5. No Warranty

ClipForge is provided “as is” and “as available” without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.

We do not warrant that the service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or free of viruses or other harmful components. The AI-generated clip suggestions are provided for informational purposes only and do not constitute professional legal, editorial, or creative advice.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, ClipForge and its operators shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your use of the service.

This document does not constitute legal advice. If you have questions about copyright compliance for your specific situation, please consult a qualified intellectual-property attorney.