Sound Cache

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Terms of Use

Effective July 2, 2026

TL;DR. Sound Cache is a free, local-first tool for organizing sounds you already have the right to use, for things like reference, inspiration, and your own creative work. It is not a piracy tool, and using it to rip and redistribute other people's copyrighted work is on you, not on us. The software is provided as-is, with no warranty. Use it responsibly and respect the people who make the sounds.

1. What Sound Cache is

Sound Cache is a desktop application and a companion relay that help you save, tag, transcribe, and organize audio into a local library you own. It fetches audio using your own logged-in sessions and stores it on your own machine. It is a personal organization tool, not a music distribution service, a store, or a rights clearinghouse.

2. Acceptable use

You may use Sound Cache to organize sounds that you are legally entitled to use, such as sounds you created, sounds licensed to you, sounds in the public domain, or material you are using within a genuine legal exception (for example, fair use for commentary, criticism, education, or parody where that applies to you). You agree that you will not use Sound Cache to:

Anti-piracy notice. Sound Cache does not grant you any rights in any sound. The fact that you can save a sound does not mean you have permission to use or publish it. Copyright in music and audio belongs to its creators and rights holders, and downloading a copy does not transfer that copyright to you. You are solely responsible for determining whether you have the right to use any sound you save, and for any consequences of using it. Do not use this tool to pirate music or to strip audio from creators without permission. If you would not feel comfortable telling the creator you did it, that is a good sign you should not.

3. Your responsibility

You are responsible for your own use of Sound Cache and for complying with all laws and third-party terms that apply to you. Because everything happens on your machine with your own sessions, you are the operator here, and the legal responsibility for what you save and what you do with it rests with you.

4. Rights holders

If you are a rights holder and believe Sound Cache is being promoted or operated in a way that infringes your rights, contact leland@lelanddutcher.com and we will respond in good faith. Note that Sound Cache does not host, store, or distribute your content: sounds are fetched and stored locally by individual users on their own devices, and we have no copy to take down. We will, however, act on legitimate concerns about the project itself.

5. The software and the relay

The Sound Cache application is open-source software released under the MIT License; your rights to the code are governed by that license. The relay and this website are provided as a free, best-effort convenience. We may change, limit, suspend, or discontinue the relay or the site at any time, and there is no guarantee of availability or uptime.

6. Third-party services and tools

Sound Cache relies on third-party components and services (for example yt-dlp, Playwright, ffmpeg, and the platforms you pull from). Your use of those is subject to their own terms and licenses. We are not responsible for third-party services, and we are not affiliated with TikTok, ByteDance, Instagram, Meta, YouTube, Google, or Spotify.

7. No warranty

Sound Cache is provided "as is" and "as available," without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the software or relay will be uninterrupted, error-free, or secure, or that any sound will be captured completely or correctly.

8. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, in no event will Leland Dutcher or the Sound Cache project be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for any loss of data, goodwill, or profits, arising out of or related to your use of Sound Cache, even if advised of the possibility of such damages. Because Sound Cache is provided free of charge, our total liability for any claim relating to it is limited to the amount you paid to use it, which is zero.

9. Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Sound Cache project and its author from any claims, damages, or costs arising out of your use of Sound Cache or your violation of these terms, including any infringement of another party's rights.

10. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms from time to time. When we do, we will revise the effective date above. Continued use of Sound Cache after a change means you accept the updated terms.

11. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the United States and the State in which the author resides, without regard to conflict-of-laws rules. Nothing here limits any rights you have under mandatory local consumer-protection law.

12. Contact

Questions about these terms? Email leland@lelanddutcher.com.

See also: Privacy Policy.