Legal
These Terms form a binding agreement between you and Aleksei Prokhorov (“we”, “us”). By downloading, installing, signing in to or using LazyEnglish (the “Service”), you accept them. If you do not accept them, do not use the Service.
You must be at least 16 years old, or the age of digital consent in your country if that is higher, and legally able to enter into this agreement.
Our Privacy Policy forms part of this agreement and describes how we handle your data.
LazyEnglish is a language-learning player. It lets you:
LazyEnglish is primarily a language-learning player, not a video hosting service. We do not host or provide our own films, television programmes or other third-party audiovisual works. The Service may include a curated selection of publicly available YouTube videos for users to discover and watch. These videos remain hosted by YouTube and are played through the YouTube player. Users may also add their own YouTube links or upload their own files. This distinction matters throughout these Terms.
We grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable licence to install and use the Service on devices you own or control, for your own non-commercial language learning. All rights not expressly granted are reserved.
You may not: resell, rent, lend or redistribute the Service; reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble it, except to the extent that applicable law expressly permits this despite this restriction; remove or alter proprietary notices; circumvent any technical limitation, entitlement check or usage quota; use automated means to access the Service beyond ordinary use; or use the Service to build a competing product.
You are responsible for keeping your credentials secure and for everything that happens under your account. Provide accurate information and keep it current. Tell us at support@lazygeniusenglish.com immediately if you suspect unauthorised use. One person, one account; accounts are not shared or transferred.
Read this section carefully. You are solely responsible for every file you bring into the Service. We do not check what you upload before you upload it, and we cannot judge whether you hold the rights to it. That is your call and your risk.
You keep all ownership and intellectual property rights in the files you upload (“Your Content”). We claim no ownership in Your Content.
You grant us a limited, worldwide, royalty-free licence to host, store, copy, encode, transcode, segment, cache, transmit and display Your Content solely to operate the Service for you: to store it in your library, to stream it back to your own authenticated sessions, to generate or process subtitles at your request, to create backups, and to secure the Service. This licence is strictly technical and internal. It does not permit us to publish Your Content, to display it to any other user, to distribute it, to license it onward, or to use it for marketing, product promotion, or training or evaluating machine learning models. It ends when you delete the content or your account, subject only to backup rotation and to records we must keep by law.
Each time you upload a file or add a link, you represent and warrant that:
These warranties are a condition of using the Service. Breaching them is a material breach of these Terms.
Your Content is bound to your account. The Service provides no mechanism to publish it, share it, make it public, hand it to another user, or expose it at a public address. We do not add it to any library, feed, catalogue or search index, and no other user can reach it. This is a design property of the Service, not merely a policy, and it is also described in section 3 of the Privacy Policy.
Do not attempt to defeat this: sharing your credentials, exporting content for redistribution, or using the Service as a distribution channel is prohibited and is grounds for termination.
Storage, file size and processing quotas apply and are shown in the app. We may adjust them with reasonable notice. We may remove stored media from accounts inactive for 12 months after notifying you at your registered email address.
We do not pre-screen, review or monitor Your Content, and we have no general obligation to do so. We reserve the right — but assume no obligation — to remove or restrict access to any content that we believe in good faith violates these Terms or the law, or that is the subject of a valid notice under section 7.
The Service uses YouTube API Services. By using YouTube features you also agree to the YouTube Terms of Service; Google's data practices are described in the Google Privacy Policy. You can revoke our access to your Google data at Google security settings.
YouTube videos play through the official embedded player and are streamed from YouTube. We do not download, store, re-host or modify YouTube video or audio. You must not use the Service to download YouTube content, to strip advertising, or to access videos in any way that YouTube's terms prohibit. Availability of any YouTube video is controlled by YouTube and its uploader, not by us.
We respect intellectual property and we act on valid notices quickly. Because uploaded content is stored privately for a single account and is never distributed by us, most complaints are resolved by removing one item from one account.
We provide hosting and playback for files that users supply. We do not select, curate, recommend or publish user files, and we do not know their contents unless someone tells us. We act as a neutral intermediary and rely on the safe harbours available to hosting providers, including 17 U.S.C. § 512(c) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 (the Digital Services Act), where applicable.
If you own a copyright, or are authorised to act for the owner, and you believe content stored in the Service infringes it, send a notice to our designated agent:
Designated Copyright Agent
Aleksei Prokhorov
Aleksei Prokhorov
C. Juan Ramón Jiménez, 36, 46026 Valencia, Spain
Email: copyright@lazygeniusenglish.com
Your notice must include:
Notices that do not contain these elements may be delayed or ineffective. Knowingly making a material misrepresentation may make you liable for damages, including costs and legal fees, under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f).
On receiving a complete notice we acknowledge it, and we expeditiously disable access to or remove the identified item. We notify the account holder, giving them a copy of the notice and the reason for removal. We keep a record of the notice and of the action taken.
If your content was removed and you believe this was a mistake or misidentification, you may send a counter-notice to copyright@lazygeniusenglish.com containing your signature; identification of the removed material and where it appeared; a statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief the removal resulted from mistake or misidentification; and your name, address, telephone number and consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for your address (or, if outside the United States, the competent courts of Spain), and acceptance of service from the complaining party. We will forward the counter-notice and may restore the material in 10 to 14 business days unless the complaining party notifies us that it has filed an action seeking a court order.
We terminate, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts of users who are repeat infringers. We record each valid notice against the account concerned; an account that accumulates three valid notices is terminated and its stored content deleted.
Reports of other illegal content — including content that is defamatory, that violates privacy, or that is unlawful under the Digital Services Act — may be sent to copyright@lazygeniusenglish.com. We acknowledge such reports, assess them, act where appropriate, and inform both the reporter and the account holder of the outcome and the reasons for it.
You are solely responsible for Your Content and for the consequences of uploading it. We are not the author, publisher or distributor of Your Content and we do not endorse it. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we are not liable for Your Content, for any claim arising from it, or for any loss you suffer as a result of uploading content you did not have the right to upload.
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Aleksei Prokhorov, its officers, employees and contractors, from and against any claim, demand, proceeding, loss, damage, penalty, cost or expense (including reasonable legal fees) brought by a third party and arising out of Your Content, your breach of the warranties in section 5.3, your breach of these Terms, or your violation of any law or third-party right. We will notify you of any such claim and you may participate in its defence; we will not settle a claim in a way that imposes an obligation on you without your consent, which you will not unreasonably withhold.
You must not use the Service to: infringe anyone's rights; upload unlawful material; distribute or publicly exhibit content; harass, threaten or defame anyone; upload malware; probe, scan or test the vulnerability of our systems, or breach any security or authentication measure; access another user's account or content; scrape or bulk-extract data; overload or interfere with the Service; or evade a suspension or termination.
Playback of your own files and of YouTube links is free. Dictionary, translation, automatic subtitle generation and vocabulary features are available on a paid subscription (“Pro”), with any free allowance shown in the app. We may change what is free and what is paid, with notice, and any change will not reduce the features of a subscription you have already paid for during its current term.
We aim to keep the Service running but do not guarantee uninterrupted availability. We may modify, suspend or discontinue features. Where a change materially reduces a paid feature you rely on, we will notify you and, where required by law or fairness, offer a pro-rata refund. Features that depend on third parties — YouTube, translation, speech recognition, app stores — may change or become unavailable through no fault of ours.
Back up your files. The Service is not a backup service. Keep your own copies of anything you upload.
You may stop using the Service and delete your account at any time. We may suspend or terminate your access if you materially breach these Terms, if your account is a repeat infringer under section 7.5, if required by law, or if your use creates a risk to us or to other users. Where practicable and lawful, we give notice and an opportunity to remedy the breach. On termination your licence ends, and we delete stored content in accordance with the Privacy Policy. Sections 5.3, 7, 8, 13, 14 and 15 survive termination.
THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE”. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ACCURACY. TRANSLATIONS, DEFINITIONS AND AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED SUBTITLES ARE PRODUCED BY AUTOMATED SYSTEMS, MAY BE INCORRECT OR INCOMPLETE, AND MUST NOT BE RELIED ON FOR ANY PURPOSE WHERE ACCURACY MATTERS.
Nothing in these Terms excludes liability that cannot be excluded by law, including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud, or the statutory rights of consumers.
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, Aleksei Prokhorov WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, GOODWILL OR CONTENT, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SERVICE. OUR TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS IN ANY 12-MONTH PERIOD WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF THE AMOUNTS YOU PAID US IN THAT PERIOD OR EUR 100.
These Terms are governed by the laws of Spain, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Disputes will be resolved by the courts of the competent courts of Spain. If you are a consumer resident in the EEA or the UK, this does not deprive you of the protection of mandatory provisions of the law of your country of residence, and you may bring proceedings in your local courts.
Before starting proceedings, please contact us at support@lazygeniusenglish.com — most disputes are resolved this way.
Apple. This agreement is between you and Aleksei Prokhorov only, not Apple. Apple has no obligation to furnish maintenance or support for the Service. If the Service fails to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, which will refund the purchase price; to the maximum extent permitted by law Apple has no other warranty obligation. Aleksei Prokhorov, not Apple, is responsible for addressing any claim relating to the Service, including product liability claims, claims that the Service fails to conform to a legal or regulatory requirement, claims under consumer protection or privacy law, and third-party intellectual property claims. Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of this agreement and may enforce it against you. Your use of the Service must comply with the App Store Terms of Service.
Google. Where you obtained the Service from Google Play, your use is also subject to the Google Play Terms of Service. Google is not a party to this agreement and is not responsible for the Service.
Where these Terms conflict with the applicable store's terms, the store's terms prevail to the extent of the conflict.
Changes. We may update these Terms. The version number and effective date above always reflect the current text. For material changes we give at least 14 days' notice in the app or by email; continuing to use the Service after the change takes effect means you accept it, and if you do not, you may stop using the Service and cancel any subscription.
Assignment. You may not assign these Terms. We may assign them to an affiliate or in connection with a merger, financing or sale of assets, on notice to you.
Severability. If a provision is held invalid, the remainder stays in force and the invalid provision is replaced by a valid one achieving the closest permissible result.
No waiver. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of it.
Entire agreement. These Terms and the Privacy Policy are the entire agreement between you and us regarding the Service.
Advertising. The Service carries no third-party advertising and no advertising trackers. We may show you our own messages about features and subscriptions inside the app; these are not sold to anyone and can be turned off in settings.
Communications. While you hold an account we send service messages — receipts, security alerts, changes to these Terms and replies to your requests — and you cannot opt out of those. Marketing messages are separate, require your agreement, and can be stopped at any time from the unsubscribe link or in settings.
Force majeure. Neither party is liable for failure or delay caused by events beyond its reasonable control, including outages or changes at our hosting, payment, translation, speech-recognition or app-store providers, changes to the YouTube API, network failures, government action, or restrictions on access in a particular territory.
Trade controls. You confirm that you are not located in, and are not ordinarily resident in, a country or territory subject to comprehensive trade sanctions that would prohibit us from providing the Service, and that you do not appear on any applicable restricted-party list. We may suspend access where providing it would breach applicable sanctions or export-control rules.
Feedback. If you send us suggestions, we may use them without obligation or compensation to you. We claim no rights in anything else you send us.
Aleksei Prokhorov
C. Juan Ramón Jiménez, 36, 46026 Valencia, Spain
Support: support@lazygeniusenglish.com
Copyright notices: copyright@lazygeniusenglish.com
Illegal content reports: copyright@lazygeniusenglish.com
Legal: support@lazygeniusenglish.com
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