Terms of Service
Please read our terms carefully.
1. Agreement to Terms
thumbi.one is owned and operated by Thumbi Media Labs ("Company", "we", "our"). Thumbi.one provides a free web utility for extracting thumbnail images from YouTube videos for inspiration, visual analysis, and educational research. By using this service, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to these terms. If you do not agree, you must cease using the website immediately.
2. Usage Rights & Intellectual Property Disclaimer
No Claim of Ownership: Thumbi.one acts strictly as a technical proxy and search tool to query YouTube's image CDNs. We do not host retrieved thumbnail images on our servers, and we explicitly claim no ownership, copyright, or intellectual property rights over any thumbnail images or visual assets retrieved through this service.
Original Creators' Copyright: All thumbnail images are the exclusive intellectual property of their respective content creators, copyright holders, and/or YouTube. You, the user, are solely responsible for ensuring that your download, modification, or reuse of any thumbnail complies with applicable copyright laws, YouTube's terms, and fair use guidelines in your jurisdiction.
3. User Responsibilities
Users agree to use thumbi.one only for lawful purposes. You may not use this tool to scrape data in an automated fashion that imposes an unreasonable load on our infrastructure or YouTube's servers. Redistribution of our tool's code or branding without permission is prohibited.
4. Disclaimer of Warranties
thumbi.one is provided "as is" and "as available," without any warranties of any kind, whether express or implied. We do not guarantee that the tool will be uninterrupted, error-free, or that the images retrieved will meet specific quality expectations.
5. Limitation of Liability
Under no circumstances shall thumbi.one, its creators, or affiliates be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages resulting from the use or inability to use this service, including but not limited to legal issues arising from copyright infringement by the user. Please review our full Disclaimer for a detailed breakdown of liability clauses.
6. Limitation of Liability & Warranty Disclaimer
In no event shall thumbi.one, nor its directors, employees, partners, agents, suppliers, or affiliates, be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, including without limitation, loss of profits, data, use, goodwill, or other intangible losses, resulting from (i) your access to or use of or inability to access or use the Service; (ii) any conduct or content of any third party on the Service; (iii) any content obtained from the Service; and (iv) unauthorized access, use or alteration of your transmissions or content, whether based on warranty, contract, tort (including negligence) or any other legal theory, whether or not we have been informed of the possibility of such damage.
Your use of the Service is at your sole risk. The Service is provided on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis. The Service is provided without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement or course of performance.
7. User Content & Prohibited Conduct
When using thumbi.one, you may only process URLs for which you have a legitimate need or interest. Any attempt to use our extraction engine to scrape massive amounts of data for the purposes of building competing databases or services is strictly prohibited. We reserve the right to block any IP address or user agent that exhibits robotic or non-human behavior patterns, including but not limited to high-frequency requests that exceed typical human interaction thresholds.
You agree not to use the Service to: (a) violate any local, state, national, or international law; (b) stalk, harass, or harm another individual; (c) collect or store personal data about other users; (d) impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity; or (e) interfere with or disrupt the Service or servers or networks connected to the Service. Any violation of these conduct standards may result in a permanent ban from our infrastructure.
8. Termination of Use & Agreement
We may terminate or suspend your access to our Service immediately, without prior notice or liability, for any reason whatsoever, including without limitation if you breach the Terms. Upon termination, your right to use the Service will cease immediately. If you wish to terminate your agreement with thumbi.one, you may simply discontinue using the website. We also reserve the right to discontinue the service entirely at any point without prior notice to the user base.
All provisions of the Terms which by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including, without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity and limitations of liability. This survival clause is intended to protect the interests of thumbi.one in cases of posthumous legal disputes or recurring violations of our intellectual property rights.
9. Intellectual Property & Indemnification
The Service and its original content (excluding content provided by users), features and functionality are and will remain the exclusive property of thumbi.one and its licensors. Our trademarks and trade dress may not be used in connection with any product or service without the prior written consent of thumbi.one. This includes our "Leaf-Thin" branding and specific UI patterns found across the site.
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless thumbi.one and its licensee and licensors, and their employees, contractors, agents, officers and directors, from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney's fees), resulting from or arising out of a) your use and access of the Service, or b) a breach of these Terms. This indemnification covers any legal costs incurred by thumbi.one as a result of a user's misuse of the downloaded assets.
10. Governing Law & Changes to Terms
These Terms shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction in which the Company operates, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not be considered a waiver of those rights. If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable by a court, the remaining provisions of these Terms will remain in effect.
We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to modify or replace these Terms at any time. If a revision is material we will try to provide at least 30 days notice prior to any new terms taking effect. What constitutes a material change will be determined at our sole discretion. By continuing to access or use our Service after those revisions become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised terms.
11. DMCA Copyright Infringement & Takedown Procedure
Thumbi.one respects the intellectual property rights of others. Since our tool is a stateless extraction utility, we do not host or store any retrieved images on our servers. All visual assets are served directly from YouTube's Content Delivery Network (CDN) to your browser. If you are a copyright owner or an agent thereof and believe that any content retrieved via our tool infringes upon your copyright, you can coordinate the following takedown procedures:
- Source Platform Takedown (Recommended): To permanently remove the thumbnail image from public access, you must file a copyright complaint directly with YouTube (the source platform hosting the original video and image assets). Once YouTube removes the video or thumbnail from their servers, it will automatically become inaccessible through Thumbi.one's extraction utility.
- Formal Notification to Us: If you wish to request that we block specific URLs or video IDs from being processed by our tool, you may submit a formal notification containing: (1) a physical or electronic signature of the authorized copyright holder; (2) identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed; (3) clear identification of the specific YouTube URL or video ID to be blocked; (4) your contact information (address, telephone, and email); and (5) a statement of good faith belief that use of the material is not authorized. You may send this notification directly to our support team at support@thumbi.one or via our Contact page.
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Last Updated: July 2026