By accessing or using SaveThumbnail, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use. Please read them carefully before proceeding.
1. Acceptance of Terms
By using SaveThumbnail ("the Service"), you agree to these Terms of Use ("Terms"). If you do not agree, please do not use the Service. These Terms apply to all visitors and users of the website located at savethumbnail.xyz.
2. Description of Service
SaveThumbnail is a web-based utility that retrieves publicly accessible YouTube video thumbnail images from YouTube's public image delivery network and presents them for download. The Service does not host, store, or distribute YouTube content on our servers.
3. Permitted Use
You may use SaveThumbnail for lawful purposes, including:
- Personal and non-commercial use
- Educational and research purposes
- Content creation where you have rights to use the thumbnail
- Archival of your own content
- Accessing thumbnails for videos you own or have permission to use
4. Prohibited Use
You must NOT use SaveThumbnail to:
- Download thumbnails for commercial use without the copyright holder's permission
- Distribute, sell, or sublicense thumbnails you do not have rights to
- Bypass YouTube's Terms of Service or any applicable law
- Scrape, crawl, or automate requests to the Service in a way that imposes unreasonable load
- Use the Service for any unlawful, harmful, or abusive purpose
5. Intellectual Property
YouTube video thumbnails are intellectual property of the respective video owners and/or YouTube (Google LLC). SaveThumbnail does not claim ownership of any thumbnail content. We merely provide a technical interface to publicly available URLs.
By downloading thumbnails through SaveThumbnail, you take full responsibility for ensuring you have the legal right to use the downloaded content.
6. Disclaimers
The Service is provided "as is" without warranties of any kind, express or implied. We do not warrant that:
- The Service will be uninterrupted or error-free
- Any specific thumbnail resolution will be available for any given video
- The Service will be available at any particular time
7. Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, SaveThumbnail and its operators shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising out of or relating to your use of the Service.
8. Third-Party Services
SaveThumbnail uses YouTube's public image CDN. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by YouTube or Google LLC. Your use of YouTube content is subject to YouTube's Terms of Service (youtube.com/t/terms).
9. Changes to Terms
We reserve the right to modify these Terms at any time. Changes will be effective upon posting. Continued use of the Service after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.
10. Governing Law
These Terms are governed by the laws of the jurisdiction in which SaveThumbnail operates, without regard to conflict of law principles.
11. Contact
Questions about these Terms? Contact us at legal@savethumbnail.xyz or through our Contact page.