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Legal & Disclaimers

Not affiliated

BGMancer is an independent personal project. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Google LLC, YouTube, Valve Corporation, Steam, or any video game developer, publisher, or rights holder whose games appear in the app.

All game titles, franchise names, and soundtrack names are the property of their respective owners and are used here solely for identification purposes.

Content

BGMancer does not host, store, download, or reproduce any audio or video content. All media is streamed directly from YouTube through the official YouTube embedded player, in accordance with YouTube's terms of service.

Steam

This application uses the Steam Web API to fetch public game library data. No Steam login is required from the user. Game cover images are loaded directly from Steam's public CDN and are not stored by BGMancer.

By using the Steam import feature, you agree to the Steam Web API Terms of Use.

YouTube

This application uses the YouTube Data API v3. By using BGMancer you also agree to:

Google OAuth & user data

If you sign in with Google, BGMancer requests and stores your email address for authentication. A display name is derived from that email. No profile picture is requested or stored.

BGMancer does not sell or share your Google account data. OAuth tokens are stored in encrypted session cookies and are not persisted to the database.

You can revoke BGMancer's access to your Google account at any time from your Google security settings.

For privacy questions or data-deletion requests, contact legal@bgmancer.com.

Age

BGMancer is not intended for users under 13.

Fair use

BGMancer is a transformative, non-commercial curation tool. It does not reproduce, download, store, or distribute any copyrighted audio. It organizes and presents links to publicly available content already uploaded to YouTube.

This use may qualify as Fair Use under 17 U.S.C. § 107 on the following grounds:

  1. Purpose and character — transformative curation for personal, non-commercial listening.
  2. Nature of the work — the underlying works are artistic, but the use is organizational, not reproductive.
  3. Amount used — no audio files are copied or hosted.
  4. Market effect— BGMancer drives traffic to YouTube and to the rights holders' official content.

This is not legal advice. If you are a rights holder with concerns, please see the contact section below.

Non-commercial use

BGMancer is a non-commercial project. It does not sell, license, or monetize any music. No audio files are hosted, downloaded, or redistributed. All media is streamed directly from YouTube through the official YouTube embedded player.

No warranty

This software is provided "as is", without warranty of any kind. Use at your own risk.

Copyright / DMCA contact

If you are a copyright holder and believe your material is being used in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please contact legal@bgmancer.com.

Include your name and contact information, identification of the copyrighted work, the specific content on BGMancer you believe infringes your rights, and a statement of good-faith belief. We will acknowledge your message within 7 days.

Full source available on GitHub. See also LEGAL.md for the raw version of this document.