Which terms these are: United States users, last updated April 15, 2026
This document is headed as CapCut's Terms of Service, last updated April 15, 2026, for the "General Terms – All United States Users" version. It is the version that applies to users in the United States; other regions are not covered by what is supplied here.
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Last updated: April 15, 2026
All United States Users
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The date is the one the document states about itself; it does not say when a change took effect for any particular user.
Not stated here
Whether other terms apply to users outside the United States is not stated in this page.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context
Who the agreement is with and what it covers
The agreement is between you and TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC, and it applies to United States users. The "Platform" it governs includes the CapCut mobile app, the CapCut desktop software, the CapCut website and the Pippit web platform and mobile app, plus related developer tools and interfaces that let third-party sites and apps reach the Platform. The company says it works with service providers and business partners, naming BD TikTok USA LLC and its affiliates (called "TT Commerce & Global Services"), to provide important functions of the Platform, including commercial services and activities.
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apply to United States users and govern the relationship and serve as an agreement between you and TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC
the Pippit web platform and mobile application
We work with service providers and business partners, such as BD TikTok USA LLC and its affiliates
Qualifications & exceptions
The document refers to "Executive Order 14352" in connection with those arrangements; this page does not supply that order or explain it.
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What functions TT Commerce & Global Services performs beyond the later mentions of Premium Services is not detailed in this block.
Account & Service Control · Context
Versions and availability can differ by place and device
The version of the Platform you get may differ depending on the jurisdiction you access it from and the device you use. Some or all Services may not be offered in every jurisdiction, on every device or in every language, and you are told to install the version suited to your device and jurisdiction.
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The version of the Platform may differ for factors such as the jurisdiction from which you access the Platform and the device you use.
The Services, in full or in part, may not be available in all jurisdictions, for all devices or in all languages.
Not stated here
Which features differ in practice is not listed in this block.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Unofficial versions of CapCut are not authorized and you bear the losses
The company says unofficial copies of CapCut obtained from other platforms or websites are not authorized by it. It, its affiliates, service providers and business partners (including TT Commerce & Global Services) and their officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors say they are not responsible for what those copies contain, and they say they are not liable for any losses you suffer as a result, which you alone will bear.
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Unofficial versions of CapCut obtained via any other platforms or websites are not authorized by us
which you alone will bear
Qualifications & exceptions
The disclaimer is stated broadly; this page does not say how far it will be applied under any particular law.
Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception
Age: 13 and older, with a parent or guardian's consent if under 18
The Services are intended only for people 13 or older. If you are 13 or older but under 18 (or under the age of majority where you live), you may use the Services only with the consent of your parent or legal guardian, and the document asks that they have reviewed these Terms with you.
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The Services are only intended for individuals 13 years old and older.
you may only access or use the Services with the consent of your parent or legal guardian
Qualifications & exceptions
The consent requirement applies to people above 13 who are under 18 or the local age of majority.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Permission or license
Using the Services means you accept these Terms
By accessing or using the Services you confirm that you can form a binding contract with TikTok USDS Joint Venture, that you accept these Terms (including any supplemental terms appended to them) and that you agree to comply with them.
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By accessing or using our Services, you confirm that you can form a binding contract with TikTok USDS Joint Venture, that you accept these Terms (including any supplemental terms appended hereto) and that you agree to comply with them.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context
Other policies are part of the agreement, and specific ones win on conflict
Your use is also subject to the company's Privacy Policy, Community Guidelines (where applicable), Materials License Agreement and other terms and policies made available to you (called "Additional Terms"). Those are incorporated by reference, and additional terms may apply to new features, certain Services or certain content. If a specific provision of the Additional Terms conflicts with these Terms, the specific provision of the Additional Terms prevails for the applicable services. A later "Entire Agreement" clause says these Terms are the whole legal agreement between you and TikTok USDS Joint Venture.
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Your access to and use of our Services are also subject to our [Privacy Policy](http://www.capcut.com/clause/terms-of-service), [Community Guidelines](https://www.capcut.com/clause/community-guideline) (where applicable), [Materials License Agreement](https://www.capcut.com/clause/material-license-agreement), and additional terms and policies that are otherwise made available to you
such terms are incorporated herein by reference
If any specific provision of the Additional Terms conflicts with these Terms, the specific provision of the Additional Terms will prevail with respect to your use of the applicable services.
These Terms constitute the whole legal agreement between you and TikTok USDS Joint Venture
Qualifications & exceptions
The Community Guidelines apply "where applicable".
The Entire Agreement clause appears in the closing general terms and has to be read together with the incorporated Additional Terms.
Not stated here
The text of the Privacy Policy, Community Guidelines and Materials License Agreement is not part of the supplied page.
In the saved page the link labelled Privacy Policy carries the address of this Terms page, so the Privacy Policy's location is not established by this source.
Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception
If you use the Services for a business, the business is bound and responsible
If you use the Services on behalf of a business or entity, you represent and warrant that you are authorized to bind it to these Terms, and "you" includes the business. The business is legally and financially responsible for your use of the Services and for use of your account by others, whether or not they are affiliated with the business, including employees, agents or contractors.
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you represent and warrant that you are an authorized representative of the business or entity with the authority to bind the business or entity to these Terms
your business or entity is legally and financially responsible for your access or use of the Services as well as for the access or use of your account by others
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Permission or license
The company can change the Terms; continued use counts as acceptance
The company may amend or update these Terms from time to time, for example for new features or regulatory changes. It says it will notify you of material changes by updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of the new Terms or by giving any other notice required by law, and you agree to check these notices and review the Terms regularly. If you keep accessing or using the Platform or Services after the updated Terms take effect, that counts as accepting them; if you do not agree, you must stop using the Platform and Services.
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We may amend or update these Terms from time to time
We will notify you of any material changes by updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of the new Terms or providing any other notice as required by applicable law.
Your continued access to or use of the Platform and/or Services after the effective date of the updated Terms constitutes your acceptance of the updated Terms.
If you do not agree to the updated Terms, you must stop accessing or using the Platform and Services.
Qualifications & exceptions
Notice is described as a changed "Last Updated" date or another notice that applicable law requires; no individual notice is promised.
Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception
Some Services need an account, with accurate details and a confidential login
To use some Services you must create an account. You must give true, accurate, complete and current information and keep it updated, keep your login details confidential and not disclose them to any third party, and notify the company immediately if you know or suspect that someone else knows your password or has accessed your account.
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To access or use some of our Services, you must create an account with us.
you must provide us with true, accurate, complete and current information
It is important that you keep your account login details confidential and that you do not disclose it to any third party.
If you know or suspect that any third party knows your password or has accessed your account, you must notify us immediately
Qualifications & exceptions
Only "some" Services require an account.
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Which Services need an account is not listed in this block.
Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception
You are solely responsible for activity under your account
You are solely responsible, to the company, its affiliates, service providers and business partners (including TT Commerce & Global Services) and to others, for all activities on the Platform that occur under or through your account. If you use the Platform on behalf of a business or entity, those activities are attributable to and binding on that business or entity, and the business or entity is legally and financially responsible for use of your account by others.
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you are solely responsible (to us, our affiliates, service providers, and business partners, including TT Commerce & Global Services, and to others) for all activities on the Platform that occur under or through using your account
If you are accessing the Platform or using the Services on behalf of a business or entity, all such activities will be attributable to and binding on such business or entity
your business or entity is legally and financially responsible for your access or use of the Services as well as for the access or use of your account by others
Security & Safeguards · Restriction or exception
The company may monitor your account but has no duty to and is not responsible for unauthorized access
TikTok USDS Joint Venture and its affiliates may monitor activity under your account but have no obligation to do so, and they say they are not responsible for any losses you incur as a result of or arising from unauthorized access to your account.
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may, but shall have no obligations to, monitor activities on the Platform that occur under or through using your account
shall not be responsible for any losses incurred by you as a result of or arising from any unauthorized access to your account
Qualifications & exceptions
The statement names TikTok USDS Joint Venture and its affiliates; the later general disclaimer lists additional parties.
Account & Service Control · Permission or license
The company can suspend or terminate your account with or without notice, for any reason
The company reserves the right to temporarily or permanently suspend or terminate your account, or take other remedies, with or without notice at any time, for no reason or any reason. Reasons it lists include: failing to follow the Terms or applicable laws; activity under your account that, in its sole discretion, would or might cause damage, impair its operation of the Platform or violate third-party rights; requests by law enforcement or government agencies; unexpected technical or security problems; and an account remaining inactive for "a certain period". Separately, before permanently suspending or terminating an account it says it will notify you in advance so you can save your information, unless that is inappropriate, it reasonably believes continued access would cause damage, or it is legally prevented from doing so.
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We reserve the right to temporarily or permanently suspend or terminate your account or take other remedies available to us with or without notice at any time, for no reason or any reason
if you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these Terms or any applicable laws;
in our sole discretion, would or might cause damage to us
in response to requests by law enforcement or other government agencies;
due to unexpected technical or security issues or problems; or
if your account remains inactive for a certain period.
unless it is inappropriate for us to do so, we reasonably believe that continued access to your account will cause damage to us
Qualifications & exceptions
The listed reasons are examples ("including without limitation"), not the only grounds.
The inactivity period is not specified in this block.
The advance-notice promise applies to permanent suspension or termination and has the stated exceptions.
Not stated here
How long an account must be inactive before it can be affected is not stated here.
Account & Service Control · Company commitment
Advance notice before permanent termination, with exceptions
If the company decides to permanently suspend or terminate your account or take other remedies, it says it will notify you in advance so you have time to access and save your information and content. That promise does not apply where it is inappropriate to give notice, where it reasonably believes continued access would cause damage to it, its users, affiliates, service providers, business partners or other third parties, or where it is legally prevented from notifying you.
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we will notify you in advance in order to allow you time to access and save your information and content
unless it is inappropriate for us to do so, we reasonably believe that continued access to your account will cause damage to us
or we are legally prevented from doing so
Qualifications & exceptions
The commitment concerns permanent suspension or termination; the same block says temporary suspension or termination can also affect your access.
Not stated here
How much advance notice is given is not stated.
Retention & Deletion · Company practice
What suspension, termination and account deletion mean for your content
Subject to any statutory rights you may have, if your account is suspended or terminated, access to the account and its related information or content may be suspended or terminated accordingly. The company does not guarantee your content will be permanently available, so you should make your own backups. You can delete your account through the "Manage account" page, or request deletion through a webform for CapCut or by contacting support for Pippit. Once you delete your account you cannot reactivate it or retrieve your account data or the content and information you uploaded, created, edited, shared or received.
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Subject to any statutory rights you might have under applicable laws, if your account is temporarily or permanently suspended or terminated, access to your account, and any related information or content associated with your account may be temporarily or permanently suspended or terminated accordingly.
As we do not guarantee the permanent availability of your content, you should regularly make backups of any content you value.
you can choose to delete your account through the "Manage account" page on the Platform
you can also request the deletion of your account by completing the webform at
or by contacting us via ussupport@us.pippit.ai for Pippit
once you choose to delete your account, you will not be able to reactivate your account, retrieve any of your account data
Qualifications & exceptions
The effects are subject to any statutory rights you have under applicable laws.
The block defines "applicable laws" as government laws, regulations and requirements as amended from time to time.
Not stated here
How long data is kept after deletion is not stated in this block.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Use the Services only for permitted purposes; a list of prohibited actions follows
Your use of the Services is subject to these Terms and applicable laws, and you agree to use them only for purposes the Terms expressly permit. This block introduces the list of things you may not do, which continues in the next section.
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You agree to use the Services only for purposes expressly permitted under these Terms and applicable laws.
Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception
You may not use the Services if you cannot agree or lack required consent or authority
Under the "You may not" list, you may not access or use the Services if you are not fully able and legally competent to agree to these Terms, if your parent or legal guardian does not consent to your use, or if the business or entity you represent has not authorized you to use the Services.
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access or use the Services if you are not fully able and legally competent to agree to these Terms or if your parent or legal guardian does not consent to your use of the Services
or if you are not authorized to use the Services by the business or entity that you represent
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
No copying, modifying, reverse engineering or deriving source code from the Services
Under the "You may not" list, you may not copy, decipher, modify, adapt, translate, reverse engineer, disassemble, decompile or create derivative works based on the Services, including any files, tables or documentation, or try to determine their source code, algorithms, methods or techniques. The restriction on copying and derivative works carries the exception "except as expressly permitted under these Terms".
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copy, decipher, modify, adapt, translate, reverse engineer, disassemble, decompile, or create any derivative works based on, the Services
except as expressly permitted under these Terms
determine or attempt to determine any source code, algorithms, methods or techniques embodied by the Services
Qualifications & exceptions
The first part is subject to the stated exception for what the Terms expressly permit.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
No redistributing, selling, renting, embedding the Services or removing ownership notices
Under the "You may not" list, you may not remove or change copyright, trademark or other proprietary notices shown on or through the Services; distribute, license, transfer or sell the Services or derivative works, or use them in a way the company has not authorized; market, rent or lease the Services for a fee or for free; or incorporate the Services into another program or product, except as the Terms expressly permit.
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modify or remove any copyright, trademark, service mark, trade name, slogan, logo, image, or other proprietary notices or marks displayed on or through the Services;
distribute, license, transfer, or sell, in whole or in part, any of the Services or any derivative works thereof or use the Services or any derivative works thereof in a manner which is not authorized by us;
market, rent or lease the Services for a fee or charge or for free;
incorporate the Services or any portion thereof into any other program or product, except as expressly permitted under these Terms;
Qualifications & exceptions
The restriction on incorporating the Services into other products is subject to "except as expressly permitted under these Terms".
Security & Safeguards · Restriction or exception
No interfering with the Services, bypassing access limits, automated collection or harmful code
Under the "You may not" list, you may not interfere with or disrupt the Services, the company's website or connected networks, or circumvent measures it uses to prevent or restrict access; use automated scripts or other technologies to collect information from or interact with the Services; or use the Services to upload, transmit, distribute or store malicious code such as viruses, Trojans, worms or spyware, which the Terms call "Harmful Code".
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interfere with or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Services, disrupt our website or any networks connected to the Services, or circumvent or bypass any measures we may use to prevent or restrict access to the Services;
use automated scripts or other technologies to collect information from or otherwise interact with the Services;
use the Services to upload, transmit, distribute, store or otherwise make available computer codes (including malware or software), files or content that contain viruses, Trojans, worms, spyware
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
No impersonation, misrepresenting affiliation or infringing others' rights
Under the "You may not" list, you may not impersonate any person or entity or falsely state or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity, including by suggesting content you post comes from the Services, and you may not use the Services in a way that violates or infringes any third party's rights of publicity, privacy, intellectual property or other rights.
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impersonate any person or entity, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent you or your affiliation with any person or entity
use the Services in a manner that violates or infringes on any third party
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
No harassment, and no unlawful, hateful or harmful content
Under the "You may not" list, you may not use the Services to troll, bully, harass, intimidate, threaten, defame or otherwise target another person, and you may not communicate or make available material that is, among other things, defamatory, obscene, offensive, pornographic, hateful or inflammatory; would constitute, encourage or give instructions for a criminal offense, dangerous activities or self-harm; contains threats; or is racist or discriminatory.
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use the Services to troll, bully, harass, intimidate, cause distress to, threaten, hurt, embarrass, upset, defame, provoke or antagonize any other person;
(ii) would constitute, encourage or provide instructions for a criminal offense, dangerous activities or self-harm
(v) is racist or discriminatory
Qualifications & exceptions
The standards use broad words such as offensive and inflammatory without further definition in this block.
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How the company decides whether content is offensive or inflammatory is not defined here.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
A catch-all ban on conduct the company judges to expose it or others to liability
The last item of the "You may not" list bars any other conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone from using or enjoying the Services, or that, in the company's sole judgment, exposes the company, its affiliates, service providers, business partners (including TT Commerce & Global Services), their officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors, its users or any other third party to any liability, damages or detriment of any type.
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engage in any other conduct which restricts or inhibits any person from using or enjoying the Services, or which, in our sole judgment, exposes us
Qualifications & exceptions
The liability test turns on the company's own "sole judgment".
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
Community Guidelines apply, and the company can remove content and report violations
Your use of the Services must at all times comply with the Community Guidelines, which are an Additional Term incorporated by reference but whose text is not part of this page. The company reserves the right to remove or disable access to content at any time, without prior notice, at its discretion for any reason or no reason, including content it finds objectionable. A related User Content clause says it may remove, disallow, block or delete User Content it considers violating the Terms or in response to complaints. You acknowledge that violating the Terms or applicable laws may lead to civil, criminal or other liabilities, and the company may report violations to law enforcement and suspend or terminate your access or take other remedies.
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In addition to the above, your access to and use of the Services must, at all times, be compliant with our
We reserve the right, at any time and without prior notice, to remove or disable access to content at our discretion for any reason or no reason.
You acknowledge that your violation of these Terms or applicable laws may result in civil, criminal or other liabilities.
We reserve the right to report your violation(s) to law enforcement authorities
such terms are incorporated herein by reference
to remove, disallow, block or delete any User Content
Qualifications & exceptions
The removal right is described as discretionary and not tied to a notice requirement.
The User Content removal clause is in the content section and is stated as a right but not an obligation.
Not stated here
The Community Guidelines text is not supplied in this page.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Context
Some Services are free and some are paid Premium Services, provided by TT Commerce & Global Services in the US
Some Services are free ("Free Services") while others require payment before use ("Premium Services"), such as CapCut Standard where applicable, CapCut Pro and Pippit Starter. In the United States, the Premium Services on CapCut and Pippit will be provided by TT Commerce & Global Services. Whether you use free or paid Services, you must use them in line with the Terms and applicable laws.
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some of the Services are provided to you free-of-charge
while other Services require payment before you can use them
The Premium Services on CapCut and Pippit in the United States will be provided by TT Commerce & Global Services
Qualifications & exceptions
CapCut Standard is listed "where applicable".
The block refers to Executive Order 14352 without supplying its text.
Not stated here
The block does not list every paid feature; it points to the purchase page of each Premium Service.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Permission or license
The company can change plans and prices at any time, with advance notice and limits on effect
The company reserves the right to change its Service Plans, including features and Premium Service pricing, in any manner and at any time in its sole and absolute discretion. It says such changes will not, without cause, affect Services and rights you already purchased before the change takes effect, and that, unless applicable law of your jurisdiction requires otherwise, it will communicate changes to you in advance. Price changes will not take effect immediately at the time your subscription renews unless you explicitly agree otherwise, and the block tells you to read notices of plan changes carefully.
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We reserve the right to change our Service Plans including, by adjusting the features or services available or by adjusting pricing for the Premium Services in any manner and at any time as we may determine in our sole and absolute discretion
which will not, without cause, affect the Services and rights you have purchased and acquired under these Terms before such changes take effect
Unless it is otherwise mandated by applicable laws of your jurisdiction, we reserve the right to change our Services Plans or adjust pricing for the Premium Services in any manner and at any time as we may determine in our sole and absolute discretion and will communicate any such changes to you in advance.
Such changes, especially price changes, will not take effect immediately at the time of renewal of your subscription, unless you explicitly agree otherwise.
Qualifications & exceptions
Two of the sentences begin "Unless it is otherwise mandated by applicable laws of your jurisdiction".
Protection for purchased Services applies "without cause".
Not stated here
How far in advance changes are communicated is not stated.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Restriction or exception
Premium Services need an account and a supported app or web version; fees exclude taxes; non-payment can end access
To buy or subscribe to Premium Services you must first create an account and log in. Premium Services are available only to users of the Apple iOS app with a valid Apple ID, the Google Android app with a valid Google account, or the CapCut Web version with a valid CapCut account. Unless the law of your jurisdiction says otherwise, displayed Premium Service fees exclude taxes and you may be charged applicable taxes in addition. Failure to pay these fees and taxes results in failure, suspension or termination of your access to the Premium Services.
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If you purchase or subscribe to any of the Premium Services, you must first create an account on the Platform and login to the Platform.
The Premium Services are only available to users of (i) the Apple iOS App version of the Platform who have a valid Apple ID account, (ii) the Google Android OS App version of the Platform who have a valid Google account or (iii) the CapCut Web version of the Platform who have a valid CapCut account.
Unless it is otherwise mandated by applicable laws of your jurisdiction, all Premium Services fees displayed to you are exclusive of taxes
Failure to pay these fees and taxes will result in the failure, suspension or termination of your access to the Premium Services.
Qualifications & exceptions
The tax statement is subject to what applicable law mandates.
Not stated here
Whether Pippit Premium Services follow the same account list is not stated in this sentence; Pippit web payment is addressed separately.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Procedure
How subscriptions are paid depends on the app or web version
CapCut app subscriptions are paid through your Apple ID and/or Google account and processed under the Apple App Store and/or Google Play terms. CapCut Web subscriptions are paid through your CapCut account and processed under these Terms, the terms of third-party payment service providers and/or additional payment terms. Pippit Web subscriptions are paid through your Pippit account on the same basis.
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All subscriptions on the CapCut APP version are payable through your Apple ID and/or Google account and such payments will be processed in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Apple App Store and/or Google Play
Subscriptions on CapCut Web version are payable through your CapCut account
Subscriptions on the Pippit Web version are payable through your Pippit account
Not stated here
The third-party payment providers and additional payment terms are not named or supplied.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Company practice
Subscriptions can renew automatically and your payment method can be kept on file
A fixed-term subscription ends automatically when its term expires. If you subscribe under an automatic renewal arrangement, it renews for a further period equal to your previous term unless the Platform indicates otherwise, and your payment is charged automatically at the start of each new term unless you cancel or change the subscription before the current period ends. By choosing automatic renewal you agree that Apple, Google and/or CapCut (as applicable) may store and continue billing your payment method to avoid interruption and may calculate taxes from the billing information you provided.
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If you subscribe to the Premium Services for a fixed term arrangement, your subscription will automatically end upon the subscription term expiring.
your subscription will automatically renew for an additional period equal in duration to your preceding subscription term, unless indicated otherwise on the Platform
Your payment will automatically be charged at the start of each new subscription term for the fees applicable to that term, unless you cancel or change your subscription to the Premium Services before the end of the then-current subscription period applicable to you.
you agree that (a) Apple, Google and/or CapCut (as applicable) may store and continue billing your payment method (e.g. credit card) to avoid interruption of the Premium Services
Qualifications & exceptions
Renewal length is described as equal to the preceding term "unless indicated otherwise on the Platform".
Charges & Financial Obligations · User right or choice
You can cancel at any time, but must do so before the period ends to avoid the next charge
You always have the right to end your Premium subscription at any time and choose a different plan. To avoid recurring charges you must cancel through your Apple ID, Google or CapCut account (as applicable) before the end of the current subscription period. After cancelling you keep access to the Premium Services until the period ends and are charged the full fee for that period unless applicable law requires otherwise, for example where you cancel for cause. When cancellation takes effect on the last day of the period you are automatically downgraded to the Free Services.
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You always have the right to terminate your subscription to the Premium Services at any time and voluntarily choose a different Service Plan.
you must cancel your subscription to the Premium Services through your Apple ID account, Google account and/or CapCut account (as applicable) before the end of the then-current subscription period
you will still have access to the Premium Services until the end of the then-current subscription period and be charged the full subscription fee for such subscription period unless otherwise required by applicable law
e.g., if you cancel the subscription for cause
you will be downgraded to the Free Services automatically
Qualifications & exceptions
The full-fee statement is subject to "unless otherwise required by applicable law, e.g., if you cancel the subscription for cause".
Not stated here
What counts as cancelling for cause is not defined in this block.
Charges & Financial Obligations · User right or choice
Full refund within 14 days only if you have not used the Premium Services
You may cancel a Premium subscription, with or without reason, and receive a full refund if you do so within 14 calendar days after the subscription starts and you have not used the Premium Services in any form since subscribing. Refunds go to the payment method you used. If you subscribed through Apple Pay or Google Pay, cancellation and refund are also subject to the Apple App Store or Google Play terms, and you keep access until Apple or Google refunds you. The policy does not exclude or limit any right to a full or partial refund that applicable law requires.
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you may, with or without reason, cancel your subscription of the Premium Services with a full refund within 14 calendar days following the start of your subscription to the Premium Services, provided that you do not have any usage of the Premium Services in any form whatsoever since you subscribed to the Premium Services
Any refund of subscription fees will be made with the same payment method you used for payment of the subscription fees.
if you subscribe to Premium Services through Apple Pay or Google Pay, your cancellation and refund is further subject to the terms and conditions of Apple App Store or Google Play
The above does not exclude or limit your right to refund, in full or in part, if the applicable laws require us to make such a refund to you.
Qualifications & exceptions
The 14-day refund is conditioned on no usage "in any form whatsoever".
Refunds for Apple Pay or Google Pay subscriptions are further subject to those providers' terms.
Not stated here
How the company tests for "usage in any form" is not stated.
Refund timing is not stated.
Retention & Deletion · Company practice
No promise of free cloud space; storage depends on your plan and can change
The company says it has no obligation to give any user Cloud Space Services for free and reserves the right to upgrade, degrade or suspend them from time to time. Cloud storage is accessed by subscribing to the relevant Premium Services, if offered to you, and the capacity depends on your Service Plan, shown on the plan's description page or at purchase. You must not use more than your allocated capacity. Users may also buy additional storage packages, and in certain regions may have access in other ways.
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we have no obligation to provide or continue to provide any user with Cloud Space Services for free and we reserve the rights to upgrade / degrade / suspend our Cloud Space Services from time to time
Depending on the relevant Service Plans applicable to you, the storage capacity of the cloud space allocated to you may differ.
You shall not use storage capacity exceeding the allocated storage capacity.
Qualifications & exceptions
Cloud storage via Premium Services applies "if such Premium Services are made available to you".
Access through other ways is stated only for "certain regions".
Not stated here
The actual capacity of any plan is not stated in this block.
Retention & Deletion · Company practice
When a subscription ends, cloud space is suspended automatically; you must back up your content
After the end or expiry of your current Premium Services or storage-package term, your cloud space capacity is suspended automatically. The company says it will use commercially reasonable efforts to notify you in advance if your capacity will be suspended or cleared. Within that notice period you should transfer and back up your content, including video drafts, photos and stickers, and make sure what you store does not exceed the capacity you are entitled to use, to avoid losing content and data. You should always back up your content.
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Following the termination or expiration of your then current subscription term of your Premium Services or Cloud Space Services packages, your cloud space storage capacity will be suspended automatically.
We will use commercially reasonable efforts to notify you in advance if the cloud space storage capacity applicable to you will be suspended or cleared up.
you should transfer and back up your content (including but not limited to your video drafts, photos, stickers and other materials) stored in the cloud space operated by the Platform before the expiration of such Service Plan
You should always back up your content.
Qualifications & exceptions
Advance notice is promised only as "commercially reasonable efforts".
Not stated here
How long content is kept after capacity is suspended is not stated; the block mentions capacity being suspended or cleared up.
Retention & Deletion · Restriction or exception
Cloud rule violations can lead to deleted content; the company disclaims liability for lost content
You must follow these Terms, applicable laws and other restrictions on Cloud Space Services such as file type, format and document size limits. If your use violates them, TikTok USDS Joint Venture and its affiliates, service providers and business partners (including TT Commerce & Global Services) and their officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors have the right to take measures such as suspending or ending your access and deleting content that exceeds your entitlement or does not comply. They say they are not liable for any loss of content or data stored through the Cloud Space Services, to the extent applicable law permits.
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you shall comply with the applicable laws and other restrictions related to the Cloud Space Services (e.g., file type restriction, format restriction, document size limit)
have the right to take corresponding measures, such as suspending or terminating your access to the Cloud Space Services, deleting your content which exceeds your entitled storage capacity or that fails to comply with these Terms, applicable laws or other restrictions related to such Cloud Space Services feature
are not liable for any loss of your content or data stored by using the Cloud Space Services feature to the extent permitted by applicable laws
Qualifications & exceptions
The liability disclaimer applies "to the extent permitted by applicable laws".
Not stated here
The specific file type, format and size limits are not listed in this block.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
The company and its partners own the Services' IP; you may not exploit them without consent
The Services, including the Platform and Company Content, are protected by copyright, patent, trademark and other intellectual property laws. All intellectual property rights in the Services are owned by the company, its service providers and business partners (such as TT Commerce & Global Services), its affiliates or its third-party licensors, to the full extent applicable law permits and subject to the Terms. Unless the Terms expressly permit it, you may not publish, reproduce, distribute, display, perform, edit, adapt, modify or otherwise exploit any part of the Services without written consent.
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All intellectual property rights of the Services operated by us are owned by us, our service providers and business partners, such as TT Commerce & Global Services, our affiliates, or our third-party licensors to the full extent permitted under applicable laws
Unless expressly permitted in these Terms, you may not publish, reproduce, distribute, display, perform, edit, adapt, modify, or otherwise exploit any part of the Services without our written consent.
Company Content refers to the creative materials provided directly by CapCut and our service providers and business partners
Qualifications & exceptions
Ownership is stated "to the full extent permitted under applicable laws" and "subject to these Terms".
The block cites "Section 9" for Company Content's definition; the Company Content definition is in the content section of the supplied text.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
You must not infringe IP; the company can block access or end your account for infringement
As a condition of using the Services you agree not to use them to infringe any intellectual property rights. With or without notice, at any time and in its sole discretion, the company may block your access or temporarily or permanently suspend or terminate your account if there is infringement or alleged infringement of intellectual property or proprietary rights.
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As a condition of your access to and use of the Services, you acknowledge and agree not to use the Services to infringe on any intellectual property rights.
We reserve the right, with or without notice, at any time and in our sole discretion to block your access to the Services or to temporarily or permanently suspend or terminate your account if there is infringement or alleged infringement of any intellectual property rights or proprietary rights.
Qualifications & exceptions
The right applies to alleged as well as established infringement.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
No promises about the legality of content you input or generate; you are solely responsible for it
The company and its service providers, business partners and affiliates say they make no promises or warranties about the legality or appropriateness of any content you input or that is generated from your inputs. You are solely responsible for content uploaded to or made using the Services, and that content is not endorsed, sponsored or approved by the company or those parties.
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do not make any promises or warranties regarding the legality or appropriateness of any content inputted or generated by you based on your inputs
You shall be solely responsible for content uploaded to or made by using the Services
Content & IP Rights · Context
What Company Content is, and that commercial-use rules vary by product
"Company Content" means the creative materials the company and its service providers, business partners and affiliates provide for use in your projects, such as templates, video clips, images, stickers, text templates, fonts, sound effects, special effects, filters, canvases and animations. It does not include third-party content and services or User Content (other than content provided by those service providers, business partners and affiliates). Whether Company Content may be used commercially or non-commercially can vary by CapCut product and is set out in the CapCut Materials License Agreement. For Pippit you are expressly permitted to use Company Content commercially, subject to that agreement.
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Company Content refers to the creative materials provided directly by CapCut
templates, video clips, images, stickers, text templates, fonts, sound effects, special effects, filters, canvases, and animations
The terms governing whether Company Content can be used for commercial or non-commercial purposes may vary depending on the CapCut product you are using
For Pippit, you are expressly permitted to use Company Content for commercial purposes
Qualifications & exceptions
Permitted uses for the CapCut app, desktop and web versions depend on the Materials License Agreement, which is not part of this page.
The Pippit commercial-use permission is "subject to compliance with" the Materials License Agreement.
Not stated here
The Materials License Agreement's actual commercial and non-commercial limits are not supplied.
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
You get a limited, revocable license to Company Content, which the company can end at any time
You are granted a non-exclusive, limited, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable license to access and use Company Content for your projects, in line with these Terms and the CapCut Materials License Agreement. Any use beyond what is expressly permitted is prohibited without prior written consent, and the company and its partners reserve all rights not expressly granted. They may terminate this license at any time for any reason or no reason. The Materials License Agreement is incorporated as an Additional Term, and if a specific provision of an Additional Term conflicts with these Terms, the Additional Term's specific provision prevails for the applicable services.
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You are granted a non-exclusive, limited, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable license to access and use Company Content for your projects
Any use of Company Content beyond what is expressly permitted is prohibited without prior written consent
may terminate this license at any time for any reason or no reason
such terms are incorporated herein by reference
If any specific provision of the Additional Terms conflicts with these Terms, the specific provision of the Additional Terms will prevail with respect to your use of the applicable services.
Qualifications & exceptions
The license is subject to compliance with the Terms and the Materials License Agreement.
Termination is stated to be possible "for any reason or no reason".
Not stated here
The Materials License Agreement's text, which may prevail on conflicts, is not supplied.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
No rights are licensed in sound recordings and musical works unless expressly provided
Except as expressly provided in the Terms and the CapCut Materials License Agreement, no rights are licensed with respect to sound recordings and the musical works in them that are made available from or through the Services.
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SAVE AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED UNDER THESE TERMS AND THE
NO RIGHTS ARE LICENSED WITH RESPECT TO SOUND RECORDINGS AND THE MUSICAL WORKS EMBODIED THEREIN THAT ARE MADE AVAILABLE FROM OR THROUGH THE SERVICES.
Qualifications & exceptions
The statement is subject to what the Terms and the Materials License Agreement expressly provide.
Not stated here
What the Materials License Agreement provides for music is not supplied.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Company Content is provided as is; general information only; use at your own risk
Company Content is provided "as is". The company and its service providers, business partners and affiliates make no guarantees about its accuracy, completeness or suitability for any purpose, and disclaim all liability for any loss or damage from your use of it. Content on the Services is for general information only and is not advice to rely on; you must obtain professional or specialist advice before acting or not acting on it. When you view content provided by others on the Services you do so at your own risk.
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Company Content is provided "as is".
make no guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or suitability of the Company Content for any particular purpose
disclaim all liability for any loss or damage arising from your use of the Company Content
The content on our Services is for general information only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely.
You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action based on the content of the Services.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Third-party content is separately licensed, not endorsed, and used at your own risk
Some content on the Platform, such as certain video templates, is provided by users or third parties rather than the company or its partners, and identifiers such as the uploader may be shown to tell it apart from Company Content. You have a non-exclusive, limited, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable license to access and use that content in line with the Terms and the Materials License Agreement. It is not provided or endorsed by the company or its partners, you use it at your own risk, and the company, affiliates, service providers and business partners are not liable for it or for your use of it.
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Certain content available on the Platform are provided by certain users and/or third parties
You have a non-exclusive, limited, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable license to access and use such third-party content in compliance with these Terms and the
You acknowledge and agree that you are at your own risk when you use such third-party content.
are not liable for any such third-party content and your access or use of such third-party content
Qualifications & exceptions
The license to third-party content is subject to compliance with the Terms and the Materials License Agreement.
Not stated here
Third-party creators' own license terms, if any, are not supplied.
Sharing & Disclosure · Restriction or exception
Links and ads to other sites are for information only; third-party terms apply
Where the Services link to other sites and resources, including advertisements, those links are for your information only. The company and its partners have no control over those sites' content, and showing a link, including as a targeted advertisement, is not an endorsement. Your use of such sites may be subject to terms and conditions, including privacy policies, between you and their providers, which the company does not control and to which it will never be a party.
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these links are for your information only
have no control over the content of those sites or resources
Your use of such third-party sites or resources may be subject to terms and conditions (including privacy policies) between the providers of such sites or resources and you.
shall under no circumstances be a party to any arrangement (including agreement) or understanding between you and such providers
Inference & Profiling · Restriction or exception
Some features use third-party AI, whose terms you must follow or not use the feature
Certain features are integrated with third-party AI technologies and APIs, with Runway, Stable Diffusion, Google, YouTube, FLUX and Luma given as examples. Using them is subject to those providers' own terms, and if you do not agree to those terms you must not use the third-party features. The company and its partners say those technologies are not under their control and they are not responsible for them and make no representations or warranties about them. The block ends by introducing responsibilities you agree to when using these features, which continue in the next section.
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Certain features of the Services are integrated with third-party AI technologies and APIs (e.g., Runway, Stable Diffusion, Google, YouTube, FLUX, Luma)
if you do not agree to abide by such terms and conditions, then you must not use such third-party features
are not responsible for, and make no representations or warranties concerning any such AI technologies or APIs
you agree to the following responsibilities:
Qualifications & exceptions
The list of examples is introduced with "e.g.", so other providers may be involved.
Not stated here
Which specific features use which providers is not stated.
The responsibilities you agree to continue beyond this block.
Inference & Profiling · Restriction or exception
For third-party AI features you must have the rights to what you put in
When you use features integrated with third-party AI technologies, you agree, in addition to those providers' own terms to the extent there is no conflict, that you must ensure you have all necessary rights, licenses and permissions to provide inputs to the AI technologies or APIs, including any publicity clearances or releases that are required.
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You must ensure that you have all necessary rights, licenses, and permissions to provide inputs to the third-party AI technologies or APIs, including any required publicity clearances or releases.
without limiting the applicable third-party terms and conditions (to the extent there is no conflict)
Qualifications & exceptions
The responsibility applies without limiting the third-party terms, "to the extent there is no conflict".
A further responsibility, about preventing unauthorized access, begins the next block.
Not stated here
Which clearances or releases are "required" is not specified.
Inference & Profiling · Restriction or exception
You may not use AI outputs in ways that violate others' rights
You are prohibited from using outputs or other results of the Services or of third-party AI technologies or APIs in ways that violate the rights of others, including intellectual property, privacy or proprietary rights. Separately, the company says you are solely responsible for content uploaded to or made by using the Services, and it makes no promises about the legality or appropriateness of content generated from your inputs.
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You are prohibited from using outputs or other results of the services or third-party AI technologies or APIs in ways that violate the rights of others, including intellectual property, privacy, or proprietary rights.
You shall be solely responsible for content uploaded to or made by using the Services
Inference & Profiling · Restriction or exception
No harmful use of AI features and no bypassing their limits or content filters
You must not use the third-party AI technologies or APIs for any form of discrimination, bigotry, racism, hatred, harassment, violence or harm toward any individual or group. You also agree not to circumvent or bypass, or try to circumvent or bypass, the limitations or constraints of the Services or third-party AI technologies, and not to cause or try to cause them to produce outputs or perform actions inconsistent with their intended uses or with the limitations in the Terms or otherwise provided with the Services, for example content filter tools.
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You must not use the third-party AI technologies or APIs for any form of discrimination, bigotry, racism, hatred, harassment, violence, or harm toward any individual or group.
You will not, and you will not attempt to, circumvent or bypass any of the limitations or constraints of any Services or third-party AI technologies or APIs
that are inconsistent with the limitations in these terms or otherwise provided in connection with the Services (e.g., content filter tools)
Qualifications & exceptions
The examples of limits (such as content filters) are introduced with "e.g.".
Not stated here
The intended uses and the full set of limitations are not listed in this block.
Security & Safeguards · Restriction or exception
You must try to prevent unauthorized use of third-party AI services and report it
This is the last of the responsibilities you agree to for third-party AI features: you agree to use commercially reasonable efforts to prevent unauthorized access to or use of the third-party AI services, and to promptly notify the third-party provider and CapCut if you become aware of any unauthorized access or use.
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You agree to use commercially reasonable efforts to prevent unauthorized access to or use of the third-party AI services and to promptly notify the third-party provider and CapCut if you become aware of any unauthorized access or use.
Qualifications & exceptions
The duty is "commercially reasonable efforts", not a guarantee.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context
Some features also carry open-source or other third-party terms
Certain features may also be governed by open-source licenses or other agreements, and the document points to the applicable provider's terms, giving Runway Terms of Use, CreativeML OpenRAIL License and Google Terms of Service as examples. The opening Additional Terms rule likewise says you may be subject to additional terms for new features, certain Services or certain content.
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Certain features may also be governed by open-source licenses or other agreements.
(e.g., Runway Terms of Use, CreativeML OpenRAIL License, Google Terms of Service)
You may also be subject to additional terms and policies for your access or use of certain new features of the Platform, certain Services and/or certain content.
Qualifications & exceptions
The provider terms listed are examples ("e.g.").
Not stated here
The text of those third-party terms is not supplied.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
User Content is not reviewed or endorsed, and the company disclaims liability for it
"User Content" covers content users upload, post or make available, including music, video templates, text, photographs, videos and sound recordings, and users may overlay Company Content on it. The company, its affiliates, service providers and business partners say they do not review, verify, endorse or approve User Content (including User Content with Company Content), that users' views are not theirs, that they do not guarantee its accuracy or quality, and that they are not liable in any way for any User Content.
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Users of the Services may be permitted to upload, post, publish, transmit, or otherwise make available content through the Services
The information and materials in the User Content, including User Content that includes Company Content, are not reviewed, verified, endorsed or approved by TikTok USDS Joint Venture
under no circumstances will TikTok USDS Joint Venture or our affiliates, service providers, or business partners, including TT Commerce & Global Services, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors be liable in any way for any User Content
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
If you share content to other platforms or users, you must meet their and Section 5's rules and indemnify the company
If you use a feature that uploads User Content to a third-party platform or shares it with other users, you must comply with that platform's content guideline and the requirements in Section 5 (Your Access to and Use of Our Services). You warrant that you comply, and you will be liable to the company and its affiliates, service providers and business partners and indemnify them for any breach, meaning you, not they, are responsible for loss or damage they suffer from your breach of warranty. Such features may not be available to all users, and the company has no liability to you for limiting access to them.
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you must comply with the content guideline of such third-party platform as well the requirements set out in Section 5 (Your Access to and Use of Our Services) above
You warrant that you comply with those requirements, and you will be liable to TikTok USDS Joint Venture and/or our affiliates
will be responsible for any loss or damage TikTok USDS Joint Venture or our affiliates, service providers, and business partners, including TT Commerce & Global Services, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors suffer as a result of your breach of warranty
Qualifications & exceptions
The reference to Section 5 names its title, Your Access to and Use of Our Services.
Not stated here
The content guidelines of the third-party platforms are not supplied.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
You keep ownership of your content, but must have all needed rights and it is treated as non-confidential
The company says it does not own your User Content, and if you own the intellectual property in content you create or share on the Platform, the Terms do not change that. All User Content is considered non-confidential, and you must not upload or make available content you consider confidential or proprietary to another person. When you upload content you represent and warrant that you own it or have all necessary permissions, licenses and clearances from the owner of any part of it.
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own your User Content. If you are the owner of the intellectual property rights in content you create or share on the Platform, nothing in these Terms changes that.
All User Content will be considered non-confidential.
you own such User Content, or you have received all necessary permissions (including any necessary licenses), clearances from, or are authorised by, the owner of any part of the content
Qualifications & exceptions
Ownership is preserved "nothing in these Terms changes that", but a broad license to the company is granted separately.
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
You grant the company and its partners a broad, perpetual, worldwide license to your User Content
By submitting User Content you grant TikTok USDS Joint Venture and its affiliates, agents, service providers, partners and other connected third parties an unconditional, non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully transferable, sub-licensable, perpetual and worldwide license to use it. The license lets them modify, adapt, reproduce, make derivative works of, display, publish, transmit, distribute and store your User Content for operating, developing and providing the Services, subject to your Platform settings. The closing general terms contain a second, similar license to "Your Content" (nonexclusive, perpetual, royalty-free, worldwide, transferable and sublicensable, to access, use, host, cache, reproduce, transmit and display it in connection with your use of the Services).
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By submitting User Content via the Services, you grant TikTok USDS Joint Venture and our affiliates, agents, services providers, partners and other connected third parties an unconditional, non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully transferable, sub-licensable, perpetual and worldwide license to use your User Content.
This license to your User Content allows us to modify, adapt, reproduce, make derivative works of, display, publish, transmit, distribute and/or store your User Content for the purposes of operating, developing and providing the Services, subject to your Platform settings.
you grant us a nonexclusive, perpetual, royalty-free, worldwide, transferable, sublicensable license to access, use, host, cache, reproduce, transmit, and display Your Content in connection with your use of the Services
Qualifications & exceptions
The stated purposes are operating, developing and providing the Services, "subject to your Platform settings".
The grant itself is described as "unconditional" and "perpetual", and covers partners and other connected third parties.
Not stated here
Which Platform settings limit the license is not described in this block.
Whether the two licenses (User Content and Your Content) overlap in practice is not explained.
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
The company can use your username, image and likeness to credit you, including in sponsored content
You further grant the company and its affiliates, agents, service providers, partners and other connected third parties a royalty-free, fully transferable (including sub-licensable), worldwide license to use your username, image and likeness to identify you as the source of any of your User Content, including for use in sponsored content.
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You further grant us and our affiliates, agents, services providers, partners and other connected third parties a royalty-free fully transferable (including sub-licensable), worldwide license to use your username, image and likeness to identify you as the source of any of your User Content, including for use in sponsored content.
Qualifications & exceptions
The purpose stated is to identify you as the source of your User Content, and it expressly includes sponsored content.
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
The license covers music in your content, royalty-free, with no royalties owed to anyone
The rights you grant include reproducing sound recordings (and making mechanical reproductions of the musical works in them) and publicly performing and communicating those recordings and works, all on a royalty-free basis. You are granting the right to use your User Content without any obligation to pay royalties to you or any third party, including record labels, music publishers, performing rights organizations, collective management organizations, unions or guilds, and engineers, producers or other royalty participants.
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include, but are not limited to, the right to reproduce sound recordings (and make mechanical reproductions of the musical works embodied in such sound recordings), and publicly perform and communicate to the public sound recordings (and the musical works embodied therein), all on a royalty-free basis
This means that you are granting us the right to use your User Content without the obligation to pay royalties to you or any third party
Qualifications & exceptions
The rights are stated to "include, but are not limited to" the listed music rights.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Composers, publishers and recording artists must handle their own rights obligations
If you are a composer or author affiliated with a performing rights organization or collective management organization, you must notify it of the royalty-free license you grant and you are solely responsible for meeting its reporting obligations. If you have assigned your rights to a music publisher, you must obtain the publisher's consent to grant the license or have the publisher enter into the Terms. Authoring a musical work does not by itself give you the right to grant these licenses. If you are a recording artist under contract with a record label, you are solely responsible for making sure your use of the Services complies with your contractual obligations to the label.
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If you are a composer or author of a musical work and are affiliated with a PRO or CMO, then you must notify your PRO or CMO of the royalty-free license you grant through these Terms in your User Content to us.
If you have assigned your rights to a music publisher, then you must obtain the consent of such music publisher to grant the royalty-free license(s) set forth in these Terms in your User Content or have such music publisher enter into these Terms with us.
If you are a recording artist under contract with a record label, then you are solely responsible for ensuring that your use of the Services is in compliance with any contractual obligations you may have to your record label
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
Rights are granted through to the audience, and you waive publicity, inspection and moral rights
The rights you grant are provided on a through-to-the-audience basis, meaning owners or operators of third-party services, including the company's service providers and business partners, will not have separate liability to you or others for making your User Content available through those services. By uploading User Content you waive any right to prior inspection or approval of marketing, advertising or promotional materials related to it, you waive (to the extent applicable law permits) rights of publicity and similar rights in it, and you waive (to the extent permitted) and agree never to assert moral rights in your User Content.
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All of the rights you grant in your User Content in these Terms are provided on a through-to-the-audience basis
will not have any separate liability to you or any other third party
you waive any rights to prior inspection or approval of any marketing, advertising or promotional materials related to such User Content
You also waive (to the extent permitted by applicable law) any and all rights of publicity, or any other rights of a similar nature in connection with your User Content, or any portion thereof.
agree never to assert any and all moral rights you may have in or with respect to any of the User Content you upload or otherwise make available through the Services
Qualifications & exceptions
The publicity and moral-rights waivers apply "to the extent permitted by applicable law".
The waiver of inspection or approval concerns marketing, advertising or promotional materials related to your User Content.
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
The company can edit, refuse or remove User Content, has no duty to screen it, and you should keep copies
The company or authorized third parties may cut, crop, edit or refuse to upload your content in their sole discretion. The company has the right, but not the obligation, to remove, disallow, block or delete any User Content it considers violating the Terms (including the content standards in Section 5) or in response to complaints from other users or third parties, with or without notice and without liability to you. You are told to save copies of your User Content on your own devices if you want permanent access, and the company says it has no obligation to pre-screen, monitor, review or edit user content and accepts no liability for content users submit.
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We, or authorized third parties, reserve the right to cut, crop, edit or refuse to upload your content in our or their sole discretion.
to remove, disallow, block or delete any User Content (i) that we consider violating these Terms (including without limitation the content standards set out at Section 5 above), or (ii) in response to complaints from other users or third parties, with or without notice and without any liability to you
you shall save copies of any User Content that you upload or make available to the Services on your personal device(s)
have no obligation to pre-screen, monitor, review, or edit any content made available by you and other users on the Services (including User Content)
Qualifications & exceptions
The removal right is stated as a right, not an obligation, and applies "with or without notice".
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
The company can disclose your identity to someone who claims your content infringes their rights
In certain circumstances the company has the right to disclose your identity to a third party who claims that User Content you posted or uploaded violates their intellectual property or privacy rights, and it says it will notify you ahead of time in that situation. If you want to complain about content uploaded by other users, or raise another issue, you are directed to contact the company through the support details in the document.
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we have the right to disclose your identity to any third party who is claiming that any User Content posted or uploaded by you to our Services constitutes a violation of their intellectual property rights, or of their right to privacy
We will notify you ahead of time in such a situation.
If you wish to complain about information and materials (including User Content) uploaded by other users, or if there is another issue you wish to raise with us, please contact us at
Qualifications & exceptions
Disclosure is described as applying "in certain circumstances" when someone claims infringement of IP or privacy rights.
Advance notice to you is promised for this situation.
Not stated here
What counts as the "certain circumstances" is not defined in this block.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure
A copyright infringement notice procedure follows, using a Designated Agent
The company says it has adopted a general policy toward copyright infringement in line with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. If you believe material on or accessible through the Platform or Services infringes a copyright, you are asked to send a notice with the required information to the Designated Agent listed at the end of the policy. The list of required information and the agent's details follow in the next section.
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We have adopted the following general policy toward copyright infringement in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
If you believe that material or content residing on or accessible through the Platform or the Services infringes a copyright, please send a notice of copyright infringement containing the following information to the Designated Agent listed below:
Not stated here
The required contents of the notice and the Designated Agent's address are in the following blocks.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure
What a copyright infringement notice must contain
A notice of copyright infringement sent to the Designated Agent must include: an email address, physical address and phone number so the company and the uploader can contact you; the URL or other location of the allegedly infringing work; the type of content (such as video, font or image); the reason you are reporting it and your request; supporting documents or URLs showing the details of the right (or, if you lack them, a clear and complete description of your work); and the signature of the copyright owner or an authorized representative, which can be satisfied by typing your full legal name (not a company's) at the bottom.
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please send a notice of copyright infringement containing the following information to the Designated Agent listed below:
An email address, physical address and a phone number so that we and the uploader whose content is alleged to infringe on your work can contact you.
The URL or other identifying location of the allegedly infringing work.
Type of content you are reporting.
The reason why you report this content and your request.
Supporting document(s) or URL(s) to show the details of the right.
you may type your full legal name (not that of a company) at the bottom of your notification
Qualifications & exceptions
The list is introduced as the information the notice must contain.
Sharing & Disclosure · Procedure
The notice includes sworn statements, and what you submit may be forwarded to the uploader or made public
The notice must state that you have a good faith belief the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or law; state, under penalty of perjury, that the information is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act for the owner; and agree that all information submitted in your infringement notification may be forwarded to the uploader of the content, or otherwise made public in any way by the company or a third party.
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under penalty of perjury, that the above information is accurate, and that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner
agree that all information submitted in your IP infringement notification may be forwarded to the uploader of the content, or otherwise made public in any way by us or a third party
Qualifications & exceptions
The disclosure covers "all information submitted" in the notification.
Not stated here
Which third parties may make the information public is not specified.
Content & IP Rights · Company practice
After a valid notice the company removes the material and may disable repeat infringers' accounts
If the company receives a takedown notice that meets the stated requirements, it will remove the material cited and attempt to notify any user who uploaded it if it has their contact information, and that user can submit a counter-notice. If it determines a user has repeatedly infringed others' intellectual property rights, it will disable any accounts that user has with it when appropriate.
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If we receive a takedown notice in accordance with the foregoing, we will remove the material cited in the notice and attempt to notify any user who uploaded the allegedly infringing material if we have their contact information.
If we determine that any user has repeatedly infringed upon the intellectual property rights of others, we will disable any accounts that user has with us when appropriate.
Qualifications & exceptions
User notice is promised only as an attempt and only "if we have their contact information".
Account disabling applies "when appropriate" after the company determines repeated infringement.
Not stated here
What number or pattern counts as repeated infringement is not stated.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · User right or choice
You can send a counter-notice if you believe removed material was not infringing
If you believe removed material is not infringing, or that you have the right to post and use it from the copyright owner, the owner's agent or by law, you must send a counter-notice to the Designated Agent containing: your physical or electronic signature; identification of the removed material and where it appeared; a statement of good faith belief that it was removed by mistake or misidentification; and your name, address, telephone number, email address if available, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal Court for the judicial district of your address (or any district where the company is located if your address is outside the United States) and will accept service of process from the person who gave notice.
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If any user believes any material removed is either not infringing or that such user has the right to post and use such material
A physical or electronic signature of the user;
Identification of the material that has been removed and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed;
A statement that the user has a good faith belief that the material was removed as a result of mistake or a misidentification of the material
consents to the jurisdiction of the Federal Court for the judicial district in which the user
will accept service of process from the person who provided notification of the alleged infringement
Qualifications & exceptions
The jurisdiction consent depends on whether your address is inside or outside the United States.
Content & IP Rights · Procedure
Removed material may be restored after 10 days unless the complainant files legal action
When the Designated Agent receives a counter-notice, the company forwards a copy to the original complainant, saying it may restore the removed material after 10 days. The complainant then has 10 days to tell the company that legal action has been filed. If the company receives no such notice within 10 days, it may restore the material, at its discretion. The Designated Agent can be contacted at the email address given in the document.
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informing that person that we may restore the removed material following 10 days
The original complaining party will then have 10 days to notify us that he or she has filed legal action relating to the allegedly infringing material.
If we do not receive any such notification within 10 days, we may restore the material, at our discretion.
Designated Agent to Receive Notification of Claimed Infringement at ip-reports@usds.capcut.com
Qualifications & exceptions
Restoration is described as something the company "may" do, at its discretion.
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
Feedback you send is non-confidential and the company has no duty to use or return it
If you send the company or its personnel ideas, suggestions or related materials (called "Feedback"), the following terms apply regardless of what your accompanying message says. The company, its service providers, business partners and affiliates have no obligation to review, consider, comment on, implement or return your Feedback. Feedback is provided on a non-confidential basis and they are under no obligation to keep it confidential or to refrain from using or disclosing it in any way. More terms on Feedback continue in the next section.
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If you choose to contribute by sending us or our employees or personnel any ideas for products, services, features, modifications, enhancements, content, refinements, technologies, content offerings, promotions, strategies, or product/feature names
regardless of what your accompanying communication may say, the following terms will apply
have no obligation to review, consider, comment on, or implement your Feedback, or to return to you all or part of any Feedback for any reason;
Feedback is provided on a non-confidential basis
are not under any obligation to keep any Feedback you send confidential or to refrain from using or disclosing it in any way; and
Qualifications & exceptions
The terms apply "regardless of what your accompanying communication may say".
Not stated here
Further acknowledgments about Feedback continue in the following block.
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
You grant the company a perpetual, unrestricted license to use your Feedback commercially, free of charge
By sending Feedback you irrevocably grant TikTok USDS Joint Venture an unconditional, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully transferable (including sub-licensable), perpetual, worldwide and unlimited license to adapt, reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, perform, display and otherwise use and exploit the Feedback and anything derived from it for any purpose and without restriction, free of charge and without attribution, including making, using, selling and promoting commercial products and services that incorporate it, in whole or in part, as provided or as modified.
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you irrevocably grant to TikTok USDS Joint Venture an unconditional, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully transferable (including sub-licensable), perpetual, worldwide and unlimited license to adapt, reproduce, distribute, create derivative works of, modify, publicly perform
otherwise use and exploit the Feedback and derivatives thereof for any purpose and without restriction, free of charge and without attribution of any kind
including by making, using, selling, offering for sale, importing, and promoting commercial products and services that incorporate or embody Feedback
Qualifications & exceptions
The license is granted to TikTok USDS Joint Venture and is described as irrevocable and without attribution.
It is one of the acknowledgments introduced by the Feedback paragraph, which applies regardless of what your message says.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
You must defend and indemnify the company and its partners against claims from your breaches
You must defend, indemnify and hold harmless TikTok USDS Joint Venture, its affiliates, service providers and business partners (including TT Commerce & Global Services) and their officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors from direct and indirect losses, claims, liabilities, demands, damages, costs and expenses, including attorneys' fees, that arise out of a breach of these Terms or applicable laws by you or any user of your account, or a breach of your obligations, representations or warranties under the Terms. A related User Content clause separately makes you liable and obliges you to indemnify for breach of your warranty about content-sharing requirements, and the closing general terms say Section 10 and other listed sections survive termination.
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YOU SHALL DEFEND, INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS TIKTOK USDS JOINT VENTURE AND OUR AFFILIATES, SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND BUSINESS PARTNERS, INCLUDING TT COMMERCE & GLOBAL SERVICES, AND EACH OF THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS AND ADVISORS
ARISING OUT OF A BREACH BY YOU OR ANY USER OF YOUR ACCOUNT OF THESE TERMS OR APPLICABLE LAWS OR ARISING OUT OF A BREACH OF YOUR OBLIGATIONS, REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTIES UNDER THESE TERMS
and indemnify us and our affiliates, service providers, and business partners, including TT Commerce & Global Services, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors for any breach
Sections 8, 10, 11, 12 and remaining terms of Section 15 shall survive the termination of these Terms
Qualifications & exceptions
The indemnity covers breaches by "ANY USER OF YOUR ACCOUNT" as well as by you.
The survival clause names sections by number; their mapping to headings is addressed in the reference record.
Not stated here
Whether any cap applies to your indemnity obligation is not stated in this block.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
The Services are provided as is, with no warranties, except consumer rights you cannot waive
Nothing in the Terms affects statutory rights you cannot contractually alter or waive and are always entitled to as a consumer. Otherwise the Services, including Company Content, are provided as is and as available with all faults, and TikTok USDS Joint Venture and TT Commerce & Global Services make no condition, warranty or representation of any kind, express or implied, about them.
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NOTHING IN THESE TERMS SHALL AFFECT ANY STATUTORY RIGHTS THAT YOU CANNOT CONTRACTUALLY AGREE TO ALTER OR WAIVE AND ARE LEGALLY ALWAYS ENTITLED TO AS A CONSUMER.
THE SERVICES (INCLUDING COMPANY CONTENT) ARE PROVIDED
WITH ALL FAULTS AND TIKTOK USDS JOINT VENTURE AND TT COMMERCE & GLOBAL SERVICES MAKE NO CONDITION, WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION OF ANY KIND OR NATURE, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, TO YOU WITH RESPECT TO THEM
Qualifications & exceptions
The disclaimer is subject to the consumer statutory rights carve-out in the first sentence.
Not stated here
Which statutory consumer rights apply to you is not specified in this block.
Security & Safeguards · Restriction or exception
No promise the Services will meet your needs, run without interruption or errors, or be accurate
TikTok USDS Joint Venture and TT Commerce & Global Services say they do not represent or warrant that your use of the Services will meet your requirements or achieve intended results; that it will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free or free of Harmful Code; that information you obtain will be complete, accurate, up to date or reliable; or that defects in any software provided as part of the Services will be corrected.
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YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR ACHIEVE ANY INTENDED RESULTS;
YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR FREE FROM ERROR OR WILL NOT CONTAIN HARMFUL CODE;
ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED BY YOU AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE COMPLETE, ACCURATE, UP TO DATE, OR RELIABLE; OR
DEFECTS IN THE OPERATION OR FUNCTIONALITY OF ANY SOFTWARE PROVIDED TO YOU AS PART OF THE SERVICES WILL BE CORRECTED.
Qualifications & exceptions
These are introduced as particular examples within the general disclaimer, which remains subject to non-waivable consumer rights.
Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception
Implied warranties are excluded, and the company can change or withdraw the Services without notice
No conditions, representations, warranties or other terms, including implied ones about satisfactory quality, merchantability, fitness for purpose or conformance with description, apply to the Services (including Company Content) except what the Terms expressly set out. The company may change, suspend, withdraw or restrict the availability of all or part of the Platform and Services for business and operational reasons at any time without notice, and TikTok USDS Joint Venture and TT Commerce & Global Services have no obligation to provide transition services, technical or other support after suspension or termination, or any disaster recovery commitment.
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NO CONDITIONS, REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES OR OTHER TERMS (INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED CONDITIONS, REPRESENTATIONS, TERMS OR WARRANTIES AND TERMS AS TO SATISFACTORY QUALITY, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR PURPOSE, CONFORMANCE WITH DESCRIPTION
EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY ARE EXPRESSLY SET OUT IN THESE TERMS
WE MAY CHANGE, SUSPEND, WITHDRAW OR RESTRICT THE AVAILABILITY OF ALL OR ANY PART OF THE PLATFORM AND/OR SERVICES FOR BUSINESS AND OPERATIONAL REASONS AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE.
ARE NOT OBLIGATED TO PROVIDE ANY TRANSITION SERVICES OR TECHNICAL OR OTHER SUPPORT TO YOU AFTER SUSPENSION OR TERMINATION OF ANY SERVICES, NOR ARE WE SUBJECT TO ANY DISASTER RECOVERY OBLIGATION OR COMMITMENT
Qualifications & exceptions
The exclusion of implied terms is stated "EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY ARE EXPRESSLY SET OUT IN THESE TERMS".
The warranty carve-out for non-waivable consumer rights in the opening sentence of this section also applies.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
The company and its partners exclude liability for lost profits, lost data and indirect damages
Subject to liability that cannot lawfully be excluded, the company, its affiliates, service providers and business partners (including TT Commerce & Global Services) and their officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors say they are not liable to you for loss of profit (direct or indirect), goodwill or opportunity; any loss, corruption, disclosure, access, alteration, misuse, manipulation or other utilization of your data; or any indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages. The document also separately caps their total liability to you at the higher of what you paid in the previous twelve months or US$50, in the next section.
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LIABILITY FOR LOSSES WHICH MAY NOT BE LAWFULLY EXCLUDED OR LIMITED BY APPLICABLE LAW
SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR:
(I) ANY LOSS OF PROFIT (WHETHER INCURRED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY); (II) ANY LOSS OF GOODWILL; (III) ANY LOSS OF OPPORTUNITY; (IV) ANY LOSS, CORRUPTION, DISCLOSURE, ACCESS, ALTERATION, MISUSE, MANIPULATION OR OTHER UTILIZATION OF DATA SUFFERED BY YOU; OR (V) ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES WHATSOEVER WHICH MAY BE INCURRED BY YOU
(A) THE AMOUNT YOU HAVE PAID TO US WITHIN TWELVE (12) MONTHS PERIOD IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING SUCH CLAIM
(B) FIFTY US DOLLARS (USD $50) OR THE EQUIVALENT AMOUNT IN YOUR LOCAL CURRENCY
Qualifications & exceptions
The exclusions are "SUBJECT TO THE PARAGRAPH ABOVE", which preserves liability that cannot lawfully be excluded, including for death or personal injury caused directly by negligence and for fraud.
The separate cap is stated as the higher of the amount paid in the preceding twelve months or fifty US dollars.
Retention & Deletion · Restriction or exception
No liability for service changes, discontinuation or lost or corrupted content
Subject to liability that cannot lawfully be excluded, the company and its partners say they are not liable for loss or damage you incur from changes they make to the Services, from any permanent or temporary cessation of the Services or of features within them, or from the deletion of, corruption of or failure to store any content and other communications data kept or transmitted through your use of the Services.
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ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE WHICH MAY BE INCURRED BY YOU AS A RESULT OF: (I) ANY CHANGES WHICH WE MAY MAKE TO THE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY CESSATION IN THE PROVISION OF THE SERVICES (OR ANY FEATURES WITHIN THE SERVICES); (II) THE DELETION OF, CORRUPTION OF, OR FAILURE TO STORE, ANY CONTENT AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS DATA
LIABILITY FOR LOSSES WHICH MAY NOT BE LAWFULLY EXCLUDED OR LIMITED BY APPLICABLE LAW
Qualifications & exceptions
The exclusion is subject to the carve-out for liability that cannot lawfully be excluded.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Liability that cannot be excluded by law, including death, personal injury and fraud, is preserved
Nothing in the Terms excludes or limits the company's or its affiliates' and business partners' liability for losses that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited by applicable law, which includes liability for death or personal injury caused directly by negligence of the company, its employees or agents, and for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
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LIABILITY FOR LOSSES WHICH MAY NOT BE LAWFULLY EXCLUDED OR LIMITED BY APPLICABLE LAW
THIS INCLUDES LIABILITY FOR DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY CAUSED DIRECTLY BY OUR NEGLIGENCE OR THE NEGLIGENCE OF OUR EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS AND FOR FRAUD OR FRAUDULENT MISREPRESENTATION.
Qualifications & exceptions
This carve-out limits the exclusions and cap that follow it.
Only the named categories are listed; the sentence also covers any other loss that applicable law does not allow to be excluded.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Total liability is capped at the higher of what you paid in 12 months or US$50
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the maximum aggregate liability to you of TikTok USDS Joint Venture and its affiliates, service providers and business partners (including TT Commerce & Global Services), whether in contract, tort (including negligence), under any statute or otherwise, relating to your use of the Platform or Services, is limited to the higher of (A) the amount you paid to the company in the twelve months before the claim or (B) fifty US dollars or the local-currency equivalent. The earlier paragraph preserving liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited still applies.
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TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW
MAXIMUM AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), UNDER ANY STATUTE OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING IN ANY WAY TO YOUR USE OF THE PLATFORM OR SERVICES SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE HIGHER OF (A) THE AMOUNT YOU HAVE PAID TO US WITHIN TWELVE (12) MONTHS PERIOD IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING SUCH CLAIM OR (B) FIFTY US DOLLARS (USD $50) OR THE EQUIVALENT AMOUNT IN YOUR LOCAL CURRENCY
LIABILITY FOR LOSSES WHICH MAY NOT BE LAWFULLY EXCLUDED OR LIMITED BY APPLICABLE LAW
Qualifications & exceptions
The cap applies "TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW".
Liability for losses that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited, including death or personal injury caused directly by negligence and fraud, is preserved by the earlier paragraph.
Not stated here
How the cap applies to liability that applicable law does not allow to be limited is determined by that law, not by this block.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
The limits apply even if the company was warned, and are described as essential to the bargain
The liability limitations apply whether or not the company was advised of, or should have been aware of, the possibility of the losses. The parties acknowledge that the exclusion of warranties in Section 11, the limitation of liability in Section 12 and the other provisions allocating risk are essential elements of the bargain, without which the company would not have provided access to the Platform or Services.
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SHALL APPLY WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY SUCH LOSSES ARISING
THE PARTIES ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT THE EXCLUSION OF WARRANTIES IN SECTION 11 AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY IN THIS SECTION 12 AND IN THE OTHER PROVISIONS OF THESE TERMS AND THE ALLOCATION OF RISK HEREIN ARE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN THE PARTIES
Qualifications & exceptions
The limits remain subject to the carve-out for liability that cannot lawfully be limited.
Sections 11 and 12 are named by number; the matching headings are the exclusion of warranties and limitation of liability headings in this document.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Disputes with third parties are yours alone, and you release the company from related claims
To the fullest extent permitted by law, any dispute you have with a third party arising from your use of the Services, such as a carrier, copyright owner, third-party website or resource provider, another user or a creator of the Platform, is directly between you and that third party. You irrevocably release the company and its affiliates from all claims, demands and damages, actual and consequential, of every kind, known and unknown, connected with those disputes. The company, its affiliates, service providers and business partners also say they are not responsible or liable for any content made available on or through the Platform or Services by users or third parties.
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TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY DISPUTE YOU HAVE WITH ANY THIRD PARTY ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES
IS DIRECTLY BETWEEN YOU AND SUCH THIRD PARTY, AND YOU IRREVOCABLY RELEASE US AND OUR AFFILIATES FROM ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, DEMANDS AND DAMAGES (ACTUAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL) OF EVERY KIND AND NATURE, KNOWN AND UNKNOWN
ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY CONTENT MADE AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE PLATFORM OR SERVICES BY ANY USERS OR THIRD PARTIES
Qualifications & exceptions
The release applies "TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW".
The release names the company and its affiliates; the list of non-responsible parties in the following sentence is broader.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Restriction or exception
You pay any mobile data or messaging charges for using the Service
You are responsible for any mobile charges that may apply to your use of the Service, including text-messaging and data charges, and the document suggests you ask your service provider about those charges before using the Service.
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YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY MOBILE CHARGES THAT MAY APPLY TO YOUR USE OF OUR SERVICE, INCLUDING TEXT-MESSAGING AND DATA CHARGES.
Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception
The company tries to keep the Services running but does not guarantee them and may end them permanently
The company will use commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Services operational, but it and its affiliates, service providers and business partners do not guarantee availability unless applicable law requires otherwise. You acknowledge that Services may be interrupted for reasons such as scheduled or emergency downtime or network failures, and that the company may end the Services and your access or use permanently. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, they assume no obligations or liabilities to you for withdrawing Service Plans or for interrupting, modifying or terminating the Services or any part of them.
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We will use commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Services operational.
do not guarantee the availability of any Services, unless otherwise mandated under applicable laws
We may also end the Services and your access or use of the Services permanently.
will not assume any obligations or liabilities to you with respect to the Services for withdrawal of the Service Plans, or interruption, modification or termination of the Services or any part hereof, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law
which will not, without cause, affect the Services and rights you have purchased and acquired under these Terms before such changes take effect
Qualifications & exceptions
The no-guarantee statement applies "unless otherwise mandated under applicable laws".
The disclaimer for withdrawing Service Plans applies "to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law".
Not stated here
How this disclaimer fits with the service-plans statement that changes will not, without cause, affect rights already purchased is not explained in the text.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure
Disputes must go through an informal resolution process before any legal action
If there is a dispute between you and the company relating to the Terms, Platform or Services, whenever it arose, the company will first try to resolve it amicably before filing legal action, and you agree to do the same for it and TT Commerce & Global Services. The party raising the dispute starts by notifying the other, who has 60 days to respond. If it is not resolved after the response time expires, or within 30 days after a response, whichever is earlier, either party may file legal action. Completing this process is a requirement before filing, and statutes of limitations and filing-fee deadlines are tolled while the parties engage in it.
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we will first try and resolve it with you amicably prior to filing any legal action
Whichever party receives the notice will have 60 days to respond.
If the dispute has not been resolved after the response time has expired, or within 30 days after a response has been issued, whichever is earlier, either party may file legal action against the other.
Engaging in this informal dispute resolution process is a requirement that must be completed before filing any legal action.
the statute of limitations and any filing fee deadlines shall be tolled while the parties engage in the informal dispute resolution process
Qualifications & exceptions
The process is a precondition to any legal action by either party.
The block describes court action after the informal process; it does not itself mention arbitration or a class-action waiver.
Not stated here
What counts as a sufficient notice is not defined in this block.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
California law applies and disputes go to specified Los Angeles-area courts
The Terms and Supplemental Terms, and any claims or demands arising out of or relating to them, are governed by the laws of the State of California. Any claim, cause of action or dispute arising out of the Terms, Platform or Services must also be resolved exclusively in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California or the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los Angeles, and you agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of either court for that purpose.
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will be governed by the laws of the State of California
shall also be resolved exclusively in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California or the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los Angeles
You also agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of either of these courts for the purpose of litigating any such claim.
Qualifications & exceptions
The venue is stated to be exclusive for claims arising out of or relating to the Terms, Platform or Services.
Not stated here
Whether any non-waivable consumer rights alter the choice of law or venue is not addressed in this block.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
You must start any proceeding within one year or lose the claim permanently
You and the company agree that any proceeding or action arising out of or related to the Terms, Platform or Services must be started within one year of the date of the event or facts giving rise to the dispute. Otherwise you forever waive the right to pursue any claim based on those events or facts and the claims are permanently barred. The informal-resolution paragraph separately says limitation periods are tolled while the informal process is under way.
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YOU AND TIKTOK USDS JOINT VENTURE AGREE THAT YOU MUST INITIATE ANY PROCEEDING OR ACTION WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR OF THE DATE OF THE OCCURRENCE OF THE EVENT OR FACTS GIVING RISE TO A DISPUTE THAT IS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THESE TERMS OR THE PLATFORM OR THE SERVICES
OTHERWISE, YOU FOREVER WAIVE THE RIGHT TO PURSUE ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION, OF ANY KIND OR CHARACTER, BASED ON SUCH EVENTS OR FACTS, AND SUCH CLAIM(S) OR CAUSE(S) OF ACTION ARE PERMANENTLY BARRED
the statute of limitations and any filing fee deadlines shall be tolled while the parties engage in the informal dispute resolution process
Qualifications & exceptions
The one-year period runs from the occurrence of the event or facts giving rise to the dispute.
The informal-resolution paragraph tolls statutes of limitations and filing-fee deadlines while that process is engaged.
Not stated here
The text does not say whether the tolling in the informal-resolution paragraph also pauses this one-year contractual period.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context
Certain sections keep applying after the Terms end
This section, the rights granted to the company in Section 9, and Sections 8, 10, 11, 12 and the remaining terms of Section 15 are stated to survive termination of the Terms.
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Survival. This Section, the rights granted to us in Section 9, and Sections 8, 10, 11, 12 and remaining terms of Section 15 shall survive the termination of these Terms.
Qualifications & exceptions
Sections are cited by number; the saved page does not print numbers on its headings, so the mapping to headings is recorded separately by reference decision.
Not stated here
Which headings the cited numbers refer to is established only by their order in the document, as recorded in the reference decisions.
Content & IP Rights · Context
The Platform includes open source software under its own licenses
The Platform contains some open source software, and each item is subject to its own applicable license terms.
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The Platform contains certain open source software. Each item of open source software is subject to its own applicable license terms.
Not stated here
Which open source components are included is not listed.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
The Terms are the whole agreement, and the company does not waive rights by not enforcing them
These Terms are stated to be the whole legal agreement between you and TikTok USDS Joint Venture and to govern your use of the Services, replacing earlier communications and proposals between you and the company or ByteDance Pte. Ltd. about the Platform and Services; the opening section says additional terms and policies are incorporated by reference. Separately, the company's failure to enforce any provision or respond to a violation does not waive its or its affiliates' or business partners' right to enforce the Terms later.
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These Terms constitute the whole legal agreement between you and TikTok USDS Joint Venture and govern your use of the Services, superseding any prior communications and proposals (whether oral, written or electronic) between you and us or ByteDance Pte. Ltd. related to the Platform and the Services.
Our failure to enforce any provisions of these Terms or respond to a violation by any party does not waive our or our affiliates or business partners
such terms are incorporated herein by reference
Qualifications & exceptions
Incorporated Additional Terms form part of the Terms under the opening section, and a specific provision of an Additional Term prevails on conflict.
Sharing & Disclosure · Permission or license
The company keeps its right to comply with government, court and law-enforcement requests about your use and information
Nothing in the Terms limits the company's right to comply with governmental, court and law-enforcement requests or requirements relating to your use of the Services, or relating to information provided to or gathered by the company, its affiliates or its business partners about that use.
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Nothing contained in these Terms is in derogation of our right to comply with governmental, court, and law enforcement requests or requirements relating to your use of the Services or information provided to or gathered by us or our affiliates or business partners with respect to such use.
Not stated here
The types of information covered and the process for responding to requests are not described in this block.
Security & Safeguards · Restriction or exception
No guarantee the Services are secure or free of bugs or viruses; you handle your own configuration
The company, its affiliates, service providers and business partners (including TT Commerce & Global Services) and their officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors do not guarantee that the Services will be secure or free from bugs, viruses or Harmful Code. You are responsible for configuring your own information technology, programs and platform to access the Services, and you should use your own virus protection software.
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do not guarantee that our Services will be secure or free from bugs or viruses or Harmful Code
You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programs and platform to access our Services.
You should use your own virus protection software.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Invalid provisions are removed, outsiders cannot enforce the Terms, and the English version prevails
If a court with jurisdiction rules a provision invalid, that provision is removed and the rest of the Terms stays valid and enforceable. Unless the Terms specifically provide otherwise, a person who is not a party to the Terms has no right to enforce them. If different language versions are inconsistent, the English version prevails unless the Terms explicitly say otherwise.
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If any court of law, having jurisdiction to decide on this matter, rules that any provision of these Terms is invalid, then that provision will be removed from these Terms without affecting the rest of these Terms
any person who is not a party to these Terms shall have no right whatsoever to enforce these Terms or any of its terms
if there is any inconsistency among different language versions, the English version shall prevail
Qualifications & exceptions
The third-party enforcement bar applies "Unless specifically provided for under these Terms"; the app-store supplement gives Apple third-party beneficiary rights in its own section.
The English-version rule applies "Unless otherwise explicitly stated".
Sharing & Disclosure · Restriction or exception
Linked third-party content is not controlled or endorsed, and its use is at your own risk
The Services may link to third-party content. The company, its service providers, business partners and affiliates do not control, endorse, sponsor, recommend or otherwise accept responsibility for it, and using linked third-party content is at the user's own risk.
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The Services may contain links to third-party content.
do not control, endorse, sponsor, recommend, or otherwise accept responsibility for such content
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · User right or choice
California residents can report complaints to a state consumer unit
If you are a California resident, you may report complaints to the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs, in writing at the address given or by telephone at the number given in the document.
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If you are a California resident
you may report complaints to the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs by contacting them in writing
or by telephone at (800) 952-5210
Qualifications & exceptions
The notice is addressed to California residents.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
You may not export the Services in violation of export rules or to restricted countries or parties
You agree not to export or re-export the Services or materials provided by TikTok USDS Joint Venture, directly or indirectly, to any country for which the United States or another relevant jurisdiction requires an export license or governmental approval without first obtaining it. In particular the Services may not be exported or re-exported into U.S. embargoed countries or countries the U.S. Government designates as terrorist supporting, or to anyone on U.S. Government lists of prohibited or restricted parties such as the Treasury Department's Specially Designated Nationals list or the Commerce Department's Denied Person's List or Entity List.
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You agree that you will not export or re-export, directly or indirectly the Services and/or other information or materials provided by TikTok USDS Joint Venture hereunder, to any country for which the United States or any other relevant jurisdiction requires any export license or other governmental approval at the time of export without first obtaining such license or approval.
(a) into any U.S. embargoed countries
(b) to anyone listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
U.S. Government end users get only the rights given to all other end users
The Services and related documentation are described as commercial items consisting of commercial computer software and documentation, licensed to U.S. Government end users only as commercial items and with only the rights granted to all other end users under the Terms.
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licensed to U.S. Government end users (a) only as Commercial Items and (b) with only those rights as are granted to all other end users pursuant to the terms and conditions herein
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
A second license: you grant a perpetual license to "Your Content", and the company need not maintain it
As a condition of using the Services, you grant the company a nonexclusive, perpetual, royalty-free, worldwide, transferable, sublicensable license to access, use, host, cache, reproduce, transmit and display content you upload or submit ("Your Content") in connection with your use of the Services, and you represent and warrant that you have the rights needed to grant it. The company has no obligation to maintain Your Content, and says it will not be available once you delete the Platform. The earlier User Content section contains a separate, broader license for User Content, and the text does not explain how the two licenses interact.
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As a condition of your use of the Services, you grant us a nonexclusive, perpetual, royalty-free, worldwide, transferable, sublicensable license to access, use, host, cache, reproduce, transmit, and display Your Content in connection with your use of the Services.
By submitting Your Content through the Services, you represent and warrant that you have, or have obtained, all rights, licenses, consents, permissions, power and/or authority necessary to grant the rights granted herein for Your Content.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, we do not, nor have any obligation to, maintain Your Content. Your Content will not be available once you delete the Platform.
This license to your User Content allows us to modify, adapt, reproduce, make derivative works of, display, publish, transmit, distribute and/or store your User Content for the purposes of operating, developing and providing the Services, subject to your Platform settings.
Qualifications & exceptions
The license is described as a condition of use and as perpetual.
"Notwithstanding anything to the contrary" applies to the company's lack of an obligation to maintain Your Content.
Not stated here
How this license relates to the User Content license and its Platform-settings limit is not explained.
Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception
You provide your own device and connection; no guarantee of access on any device or place
You are responsible for providing the mobile device, wireless service plan, software, Internet connections and other equipment or services you need to download, install and use the Platform. The company does not guarantee that the Platform can be accessed on any particular device or with any particular service plan, or that it will be available in any particular geographic location.
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You are responsible for providing the mobile device, wireless service plan, software, Internet connections and/or other equipment or services that you need to download, install and use the Platform.
We do not guarantee that the Platform can be accessed and used on any particular device or with any particular service plan.
We do not guarantee that the Platform will be available in any particular geographic location.
Account & Service Control · User right or choice
You may receive push messages, can opt in or out with some exceptions, and pay related carrier fees
As part of the Services you may receive push notifications or other messages sent directly to you about the Platform. You control the Push Messages settings and can opt in or out through the Services or your mobile device's operating system, with the possible exception of infrequent, important service announcements and administrative messages. Your wireless provider may charge fees for data, texting or other access, including for Push Messages, and you are solely responsible for any fee, cost or expense you incur to download, install or use the Platform on your mobile device, including receiving Push Messages. The liability section separately repeats that you are responsible for mobile charges.
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you may receive push notifications or other types of messages directly sent to you in connection with the Platform
You have control over the Push Messages settings, and can opt in or out of these Push Messages through the Services or through your mobile device
(with the possible exception of infrequent, important service announcements and administrative messages)
You are solely responsible for any fee, cost or expense that you incur to download, install and/or use the Platform on your mobile device, including for your receipt of Push Messages.
YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY MOBILE CHARGES THAT MAY APPLY TO YOUR USE OF OUR SERVICE, INCLUDING TEXT-MESSAGING AND DATA CHARGES.
Qualifications & exceptions
The opt-out is stated to have a possible exception for infrequent, important service announcements and administrative messages.
Account & Service Control · Procedure
Where to send questions: a support ticket page for CapCut, an email address for Pippit
For questions the document points to a customer-service ticket page for CapCut and the email address ussupport@us.pippit.ai for Pippit.
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Any Questions? Get in touch at
for CapCut or ussupport@us.pippit.ai for Pippit
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context
Extra app-store terms apply when you use the Platform through certain devices and stores
To the extent applicable law permits, supplemental terms apply when you access the Platform and Services through specific devices and their app stores. The document sets out terms for the Apple App Store and Google Play.
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To the extent permitted by applicable law, the following supplemental terms shall apply when accessing the Platform and the Services through specific devices and their applicable app stores
Qualifications & exceptions
The supplemental terms apply "To the extent permitted by applicable law".
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Terms for other devices or stores are not given.
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
Apple is not a party; your license is personal and limited to Apple devices you own or control
For access through an Apple device, the Terms are between you and TikTok USDS Joint Venture, and Apple is not a party. Your license is a personal, limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable right to install the Platform and Services on Apple devices authorized by Apple that you own or control for personal use, subject to the Usage Rules in Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions. The company expressly authorizes use by multiple users through Family Sharing or similar Apple functionality.
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These Terms are between TikTok USDS Joint Venture and you; Apple is not a party to these Terms.
The license granted to you hereunder is limited to a personal, limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable right to install the Platform and the Services on the Apple device(s) authorized by Apple that you own or control for your personal use, subject to the Usage Rules set forth in Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions
TikTok USDS Joint Venture expressly authorizes use of the Platform and the Services by multiple users through the Family Sharing or any similar functionality provided by Apple.
Qualifications & exceptions
The license is for personal use on Apple-authorized devices you own or control, subject to Apple's usage rules.
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The Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions are not supplied.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Restriction or exception
Apple does not provide support and only refunds the purchase price for warranty failures
On Apple devices, Apple is not responsible for the Platform, Services or their content and has no obligation to provide maintenance or support. If the Platform and Services fail to conform to an applicable warranty, you may notify Apple and Apple will refund the purchase price, if any; to the maximum extent permitted by law Apple has no other warranty obligation. The service-plans section separately says that cancellation and refund for subscriptions bought through Apple Pay or Google Pay are further subject to Apple App Store or Google Play terms.
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Apple is not responsible for the Platform and the Services or the content thereof and has no obligation whatsoever to furnish any maintenance or support services
In the event of any failure of the Platform and the Services to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple will refund the purchase price for the Platform and the Services, if any, to you.
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Apple will have no other warranty obligation whatsoever with respect to the Platform and the Services.
if you subscribe to Premium Services through Apple Pay or Google Pay, your cancellation and refund is further subject to the terms and conditions of Apple App Store or Google Play
Qualifications & exceptions
Apple's warranty refund covers the purchase price "if any".
Apple's other warranty obligations are excluded "To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law".
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How the Apple warranty refund relates to the 14-day subscription refund policy in the service-plans section is not explained.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Apple is not responsible for claims about the Platform, including product liability and IP claims
Apple is not responsible for addressing claims by you or a third party about the Platform and Services or your possession or use of them, including product liability claims, claims that they fail to meet a legal or regulatory requirement, and consumer protection claims. If a third party claims the Platform or your use of it infringes intellectual property rights, Apple is not responsible for investigating, defending, settling or discharging that claim.
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Apple is not responsible for addressing any claims by you or a third party relating to the Platform and the Services or your possession or use of the Platform and the Services
Apple is not responsible for the investigation, defense, settlement or discharge of such intellectual property infringement claim
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Apple users make export-list representations, and Apple can enforce the Terms against you
If you use the Platform through an Apple device you represent and warrant that you are not located in a country subject to a U.S. Government embargo or designated as terrorist supporting, and that you are not on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties. Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of the Terms and, upon your acceptance, Apple has the right to enforce the Terms against you as a third-party beneficiary. This is a specific exception to the general rule that a non-party has no right to enforce the Terms.
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(a) you are not located in a country that is subject to a U.S. Government embargo
(b) you are not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties
Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms
Apple will have the right (and will be deemed to have accepted the right) to enforce these Terms against you as a third-party beneficiary hereof
any person who is not a party to these Terms shall have no right whatsoever to enforce these Terms or any of its terms
Qualifications & exceptions
The general bar on non-party enforcement applies "Unless specifically provided for under these Terms"; this supplement provides for Apple.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
For Google Play downloads, Google Play's terms win on conflict and Google has no responsibility for compliance
For the Platform downloaded from Google Play, if the Google Play Terms (the Google Play Terms of Service or other default end user license terms Google designates) conflict with the other terms in these Terms, the Google Play Terms apply to your use of the Platform and Services downloaded from Google Play. You acknowledge that Google has no responsibility or liability for compliance or non-compliance by the company or you (or any other user) with these Terms or the Google Play Terms. The opening section separately says a specific provision of an Additional Term prevails over these Terms on conflict.
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Google Play. By downloading the Platform and the Services from Google Play (or its successors) operated by Google LLC or one of its affiliates
the Google Play Terms shall apply with respect to your use of the Platform and the Services that you download from Google Play
You hereby acknowledge that Google does not have any responsibility or liability related to compliance or non-compliance by TikTok USDS Joint Venture or you (or any other user) under these Terms or the Google Play Terms.
If any specific provision of the Additional Terms conflicts with these Terms, the specific provision of the Additional Terms will prevail with respect to your use of the applicable services.
Qualifications & exceptions
The precedence rule applies only to the Platform and Services downloaded from Google Play.
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The Google Play Terms are not supplied.
How this precedence rule interacts with the Additional Terms conflict rule for a Google Play download is not stated.