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Terms of Service

Effective date: 2 October 2026 · Last updated: 2 October 2026

1. Agreement

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) are an agreement between you and Apni Dhoon (LetsPahal) (“Apni Dhoon”, “we”, “us”). They cover your use of the Apni Dhoon mobile app, our website and related services (together, the “Service”). By creating an account or using the Service, you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy. If you don’t agree, please don’t use the Service.

These Terms are an electronic record under the Information Technology Act, 2000 and the rules made under it, and don’t need a physical or digital signature.

2. Eligibility

  • You must be at least 13 years old to use the Service.
  • If you are under 18, or under the age of majority where you live, you may use the Service only with the consent and supervision of a parent or lawful guardian, who agrees to these Terms for you and is responsible for your use.
  • You must not use the Service if the law prohibits you from doing so, or if we have previously banned you.

3. Your account

  • You can browse, search and listen without an account. Liking songs, playlists, your library, uploads and AI creation all require an account.
  • Give accurate information, keep your sign-in details secure, and tell us promptly if you think someone else has accessed your account. You are responsible for activity under your account.
  • Accounts are personal. Don’t sell, transfer or share your account.

4. The Service

Apni Dhoon lets you discover and stream music, build a library and playlists, upload your own songs, and create original songs using AI. Streaming is for your personal, non-commercial listening only. Don’t download, rip, record or redistribute catalogue songs except through features the app provides, such as share links.

We are constantly improving Apni Dhoon, so features, the song catalogue, supported languages, AI models and credit rules may change, be limited, or be withdrawn. Some features may be in beta. We’ll try to give notice of significant changes.

5. Acceptable use

You agree not to use the Service to create, upload, share or request content that:

  • Impersonates real people: imitates or claims to be the voice, style-by-name or identity of a real singer, artist or other person; creates “deepfake” or voice-cloned performances; or passes off AI content as a real artist’s work.
  • Infringes rights: uploads music, recordings, lyrics or artwork you don’t own or have permission to use; reproduces or closely copies existing copyrighted songs or lyrics; or violates anyone’s copyright, trademark, personality or privacy rights.
  • Is hateful or harmful: promotes hatred, discrimination or violence against people based on religion, caste, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, region or language; or harasses, threatens or bullies anyone.
  • Is sexual or exploitative: is sexually explicit or pornographic, or sexualises minors in any way.
  • Is unlawful: is defamatory or obscene, threatens the unity, integrity, defence, security or sovereignty of India or public order, promotes illegal activity, terrorism or self-harm, or violates any law, including the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.
  • Misleads: spreads misinformation, or removes or hides the “AI Generated” label in order to deceive.

You also agree not to:

  • reverse-engineer, scrape, crawl or bulk-download the Service or its content, or use it to train AI models;
  • get around credit limits, rate limits, safety filters, access controls or security measures, or test vulnerabilities without our written permission;
  • use bots or automation, create multiple accounts to farm free credits, or interfere with the Service or other users;
  • upload malware or anything designed to damage or disrupt systems.

We use automated safety checks and human review. We may block prompts, refuse to create or publish content, and remove content or restrict accounts that we reasonably believe break these Terms or the law.

6. Your content and uploads

“Your Content” means everything you submit: prompts, lyrics, titles, playlists, artwork, uploaded audio and reports.

  • You keep ownership of Your Content, to the extent you own it.
  • When you upload a song, you confirm that you own it or hold every right and permission needed to upload it and let us host and stream it (including rights in the composition, lyrics, recording and performances), and that it doesn’t infringe anyone’s rights.
  • You give us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to host, store, copy, process, transcode, display and stream Your Content, and to make the technical changes needed to do this, only to operate, secure and improve the Service and as you direct (for example when you make a playlist public or share a link). For private content, this licence ends when you delete the content or your account, except for backups and legal-hold copies kept for a limited time as described in our Privacy Policy.
  • Uploaded songs are private by default. We may choose not to host, or to remove, any upload.

7. AI-generated songs

7.1 How they’re made

AI songs (“Dhoons” or “Outputs”) are created automatically from your prompt or lyrics by AI models. These include our own model (based on the open-source ACE-Step model), Google Cloud Vertex AI (Lyria) as a fallback, and Sarvam AI for lyric writing and transcription. Outputs are labelled “AI Generated”, and you must not misrepresent them as the work or performance of a real human artist.

7.2 Your rights in Outputs

As between you and us, and to the extent we have any rights in an Output, we assign to you all our right, title and interest in Outputs you create. You may use, share, perform, publish and monetise your Outputs, including for commercial purposes, subject to:

  • these Terms (including acceptable use) and applicable law;
  • any terms or restrictions of the third-party and open-source AI models used to create the Output, which we may summarise in the app or on request; and
  • the rights of third parties, such as owners of any lyrics or material you included in your prompt.

You give us the same licence over Outputs that you give for Your Content in section 6, so we can store, play and deliver them to you, plus the right to keep internal records and a prompt fingerprint for safety, rights tracking and abuse prevention.

7.3 What we can’t promise

  • No guarantee of uniqueness. AI models can produce similar outputs for similar requests, for you and for other users. Others may own or create similar works, and you can’t stop them using their own.
  • Copyright may not apply. In some countries, including possibly India, works created mainly by AI may not be protected by copyright, or protection may depend on your own creative contribution. We don’t guarantee that any copyright or other right exists in an Output, or that it can be registered.
  • No guarantee of non-infringement. We take steps to block requests that imitate real artists or copy existing songs, but we can’t guarantee that an Output never resembles an existing work. You’re responsible for checking an Output before relying on it commercially, for example in a release, advertisement or film.
  • Distributors and platforms (streaming services, social networks, labels) have their own rules for AI music. You’re responsible for complying with them, including disclosing AI use where required.

We may remove Outputs, or prevent their use within the Service, if they break these Terms or the law, or if a rights holder makes a valid complaint.

8. Credits

  • AI creation uses credits. The cost depends on song length (currently 1 credit per 15 seconds, with a maximum per song). The app always shows the cost and asks you to confirm before charging. Our servers’ calculation is final.
  • New accounts may get free starter credits, and we may give promotional credits from time to time. The amount, any expiry date and the rules are shown in the app and may change.
  • If a creation fails or is cancelled before it finishes, the reserved credits are refunded automatically. Credits aren’t refunded just because you don’t like a song that was created successfully.
  • Credits have no cash value, can’t be transferred, sold or exchanged, and aren’t your property. Except where the law requires otherwise, unused credits are forfeited when your account is deleted or terminated.
  • We may reverse credits obtained by mistake, fraud, multiple accounts or abuse.
  • If we sell credits in future, purchases will be handled through Google Play Billing or another stated payment provider, and extra purchase and refund terms shown at checkout will apply.

9. Our catalogue and intellectual property

The Service, including the app, software, design, logos, the “Apni Dhoon” name and brand, and the music catalogue and editorial playlists, is owned by us or our licensors and protected by law. We give you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to use the app and stream content for personal, non-commercial use under these Terms. All other rights are reserved. Some catalogue songs are themselves AI-generated, and they are labelled as such.

If you believe content on Apni Dhoon infringes your copyright or other rights, or is otherwise unlawful, report it in the app or email our support team with:

  • your name and contact details, and your authority to act for the rights holder;
  • the work you claim is infringed;
  • the content in question, with a song or playlist link or ID; and
  • a statement that the information is accurate and that you have a good-faith belief the use isn’t authorised.

We’ll acknowledge complaints within 24 hours, act on them as required by the Information Technology Act, 2000, the IT Rules 2021 and the Copyright Act, 1957, and may remove content and suspend repeat infringers. Complaints that are false or made in bad faith may lead to legal liability.

11. Suspension and termination

  • By you: you can stop using the Service at any time and delete your account (see Delete account).
  • By us: we may suspend or terminate your access, remove content or reset credits if you break these Terms or the law, create risk or legal exposure for us or others, or if we must do so by law. Where reasonable, we’ll tell you why and let you respond. We may also discontinue the Service, and if so we’ll try to give reasonable advance notice so you can save your creations.
  • Sections that by their nature should survive termination continue to apply, including 6, 7, 9 and 12 to 17.

12. Disclaimers

The Service and all content, including AI Outputs, are provided “as is” and “as available”. To the fullest extent the law allows, we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, non-infringement, accuracy, and uninterrupted or error-free operation. AI outputs can be unpredictable, inaccurate or unsuitable. We don’t guarantee that any song will be available, that generation will succeed, or that Outputs will meet your expectations.

13. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent the law allows:

  • we won’t be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary or punitive damages, or for loss of profits, revenue, data, goodwill or opportunity, arising from or related to the Service or Outputs;
  • our total liability for all claims relating to the Service is limited to the greater of (a) the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the claim and (b) ₹1,000.

Nothing in these Terms limits liability that can’t be limited under applicable law, including your rights as a consumer under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019.

14. Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Apni Dhoon and its people against third-party claims, losses and costs (including reasonable legal fees) arising from Your Content, your use of Outputs, or your breach of these Terms or the law.

15. Governing law and disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of India. Before starting formal proceedings, please contact us so we can try to resolve the issue informally within 30 days. Subject to any mandatory consumer-protection rights you have to sue where you live, the courts at [City], India have exclusive jurisdiction.

16. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. We’ll change the “Last updated” date and, for significant changes, notify you in the app or by email before they take effect. If you keep using the Service after changes take effect, you accept the updated Terms. If you don’t agree, stop using the Service and delete your account.

17. General

  • These Terms and the Privacy Policy are the entire agreement between you and us about the Service.
  • If any provision is found unenforceable, the rest stays in effect.
  • If we don’t enforce a provision, we haven’t waived it.
  • You may not transfer your rights under these Terms. We may transfer ours as part of a reorganisation, merger or sale.
  • We aren’t liable for delays or failures caused by events beyond our reasonable control.
  • Google is not a party to these Terms and isn’t responsible for the app or its content.

18. Contact and grievances

Questions or complaints about these Terms or content on the Service can go to . Our Grievance Officer (see the Privacy Policy) will acknowledge complaints within 24 hours and resolve them within the time limits set by the IT Rules 2021.