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Last updated: 2026-10-24

KAREOKIE (the "Service") is provided by Louis Hsu ("we"). By using the Service you agree to these Terms.

1. The Service

The Service is a karaoke scoring app that runs on your computer (song import, vocal separation, lyrics tools, singing and scoring) plus an account server used to sign in and confirm your entitlement.

2. Your account

  1. The main features require signing in with a Google account. Keep your Google account secure and its details accurate.
  2. One account can be signed in on up to 3 devices at a time. To add another, sign one out first.
  3. The App stays connected to our server in real time to confirm your entitlement, and verifies and uploads its score records at least every 1 hour. If it cannot verify for more than 1 hour, features such as importing and scoring pause until it reconnects; a song already being sung may finish.
  4. Accounts may not be transferred, lent or shared.

3. Plans and fees

  1. Every feature is currently free.
  2. Paid plans may be offered later. Prices, billing periods, refunds and cancellation will be shown clearly before purchase; payments, tax and invoices are handled by our payment provider (for example Paddle or Lemon Squeezy) under its terms.
  3. We may change what the free plan includes and will announce significant changes in the App in advance.

4. Your responsibilities and prohibited use

  1. You are responsible for having the rights to any content you import, play or process with the Service (for example YouTube videos, songs and lyrics). Unless agreed otherwise in writing, the Service is for personal, non-commercial use only.
  2. You must not: reverse-engineer, decompile or tamper with the entitlement mechanism or bypass the device limit; access our servers with automated bulk traffic; disrupt the Service; or use it in a way that breaks the law or infringes others' rights.

4a. Leaderboards

  1. Finished songs upload a score record used for the leaderboards and play counts (see the Privacy Policy for its content).
  2. You can set your leaderboard name, appear as "Anonymous", or stay off the score rankings. Song play counts are always counted anonymously.
  3. Leaderboard names and public member nicknames must not impersonate others or be discriminatory, obscene or infringing; we may hide them.
  4. Faking, altering or generating scores automatically is not allowed. We may mark, hide or delete suspicious scores and suspend the accounts involved.
  5. "Today" and "this week" on the leaderboards are counted in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

4b. Your content and rights

  1. KAREOKIE sells software features, not music. A plan (free or paid) gives you the use of the App's features only; it does not include a license to any third-party song, recording, video or lyrics.
  2. You bring your own content. Before you import or process content, you confirm that you have the necessary rights, licenses or other lawful basis for that content and for the processing you choose (for example vocal separation, lyrics alignment and scoring), and that you obtained it in line with the terms of the service it came from (the "rights acknowledgement"). The App asks for this when you first sign in, again when we update the statement, and the first time you use each import source (for example YouTube or files on your computer).
  3. Import and scoring stay unavailable until you have given the current rights acknowledgement; browsing your library and changing settings keep working.
  4. We keep a record of each acknowledgement, of your acceptance of these Terms and of the Privacy Policy (what you agreed to, which version and language, and when); see "Consent records" in the Privacy Policy.
  5. If a rights holder tells us that content was used without permission, we may ask you about it and may suspend the features involved or your account (section 6).

5. Changes, suspension and updates

  1. We may suspend all or part of the Service for maintenance, security or other necessary reasons and will try to announce it in advance.
  2. Older App versions may stop being supported; you will then need to update to keep using the Service.

6. Suspension and termination

  1. You can delete your account in the App at any time.
  2. We may suspend or close your account if you break these Terms.
  3. Deleting or suspending an account does not delete the songs and records on your computer, but features that need an entitlement will stop working.

7. Disclaimer and limitation of liability

  1. The Service is provided "as is". We do not guarantee that it will be uninterrupted or error-free, or that scores are accurate.
  2. To the extent permitted by law, we are not liable for indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising from use of or inability to use the Service, and our total liability is limited to the amount you actually paid us in the 12 months before the event. Mandatory consumer protections that apply where you live are not affected.

8. Changes to these Terms

We will update the date on this page when these Terms change and announce significant changes in the App. Continuing to use the Service after a change means you accept it.

9. Governing law and jurisdiction

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Republic of China (Taiwan), and the Taiwan Taipei District Court is the court of first instance, without prejudice to mandatory consumer protections under the law of your place of residence.

10. Contact

Louis Hsu · Postal address available on request · weijin8911@gmail.com