Terms of Service & Copyright Disclaimer

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing K-Lyrics.com, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to these Terms of Service and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with any part of these terms, please do not use the website.

2. Intellectual Property, Educational Mission & Fair Use Statement

All original song lyrics, Hangeul musical compositions, official album artwork, and artist trademarks presented on K-Lyrics.com are the exclusive intellectual property and copyright of their respective songwriters, record labels, and music publishing rights holders.

K-Lyrics provides Korean song lyrics, line-by-line phonetic romanizations, and English translations for educational, language acquisition, cultural scholarship, linguistic study, and critical commentary purposes under the principles of Fair Use (17 U.S.C. § 107). Advertisements displayed across our platform offset server hosting, bandwidth, and software maintenance expenses, and do not constitute commercial sale, licensing, or claiming of proprietary rights in the underlying musical compositions.

3. Third-Party Images & Public API Disclaimer

K-Lyrics does not claim ownership over any artist profile photos, headshot banners, album artwork, or embedded video media displayed across our platform.

• Artist & Album Media: Profile photographs and album cover images remain property of their respective copyright owners (artists, record labels, and distribution providers such as Apple Music and Spotify).
• Public Search APIs: Visual media assets are indexed programmatically via public web APIs (such as the Apple Music / iTunes Public Search API). K-Lyrics does not host proprietary image databases.
• Embedded Videos: All music videos are embedded directly via official YouTube API frames. Views, engagement, and advertising royalties remain 100% credited to the verified content creators and rights holders.

4. User Conduct & Acceptable Use

When accessing K-Lyrics.com, you agree that you will not:

• Use automated scrapers, bots, or data harvesting software to extract database entries for commercial resale.
• Attempt to disrupt, overload, or compromise the technical infrastructure, servers, or security of our website.
• Republish our phonetic transcriptions or database entries in bulk without proper attribution to K-Lyrics.com.

5. Disclaimer of Accuracy & Warranties (“AS IS”)

K-Lyrics strives to maintain accurate Hangeul lyrics, phonetic romanizations, and album metadata. However, all content and web utilities are provided on an “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” basis without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied.

We do not guarantee that all phonetic transcriptions or English transliterations are 100% error-free. K-Lyrics will not be held liable for any inaccuracies, typographical errors, or website downtime.

6. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall K-Lyrics, its developers, operators, or affiliates be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising out of or related to your use of, or inability to use, this website or its services.

7. DMCA Copyright Notice & Takedown Policy

K-Lyrics respects the intellectual property rights of others and complies with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). If you are a copyright owner, artist, or authorized agent and believe that content hosted on K-Lyrics infringes upon your copyright, you may submit a formal takedown request.

To request content removal, please review our full DMCA Policy or email our copyright agents directly at dmca@k-lyrics.com or copyright@k-lyrics.com. We process valid requests expeditiously.

8. Governing Law & Jurisdiction

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the United States, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. Any dispute arising out of or relating to these terms shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts.

9. Changes to Terms

We reserve the right to revise or update these Terms of Service at any time without prior notice. Continued use of K-Lyrics.com following any changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated terms.