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Legal Notice & Appropriate Use

Overview

This project provides utilities to download, parse, analyze, and organize podcast data from publicly available sources. It is designed strictly for personal, private, and non-commercial use.

The maintainers do not encourage or support using this software to redistribute or expose copyrighted podcast content.

What You May Do (Personal Use)

Using this software privately on your local device or server, you may:

  • download publicly available podcast metadata

  • cache audio files for personal listening

  • generate summaries or embeddings for private research

  • analyze episodes as part of personal study or experimentation

  • store data locally without sharing it

These actions are generally considered low-risk and comparable to typical usage of podcast applications.

What You May Not Do (Without Permission)

You may not use this software to:

  • redistribute podcast audio files

  • republish full transcripts or show notes

  • create a public API, index, or dataset of podcast content

  • expose copyrighted content to other users

  • use podcast material in a commercial product or service

Such uses may violate copyright law or platform terms of service.

Code License vs. Content Rights

The open-source license in this repository applies only to the code, not to any podcast data retrieved using the code.

Podcast content remains the property of its respective rights holders.

This software does not grant any rights to:

  • reproduce

  • redistribute

  • publicly perform

  • or commercially exploit

third-party content.

Responsibility of the User

Users of this software are solely responsible for ensuring that:

  • their local usage complies with applicable copyright laws

  • they respect the terms of each podcast's RSS feed

  • they do not misuse the tool to distribute copyrighted content

  • any public or commercial use is authorized by rights holders

The maintainers assume no liability for how this tool is used.

Intent of the Maintainers

This project exists for educational purposes, research, and personal experimentation.

It is not intended to bypass licensing restrictions or facilitate unauthorized redistribution of copyrighted works.

If you are unsure whether a specific use is allowed, seek legal advice or request permission from the content owner.