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Terms of Service

EarPurifier (هدوء) — AI Audio Isolation Studio
Developed by Mariam Initiative (مبادرة مريم)

Effective Date: November 2026
Last Updated: November 2026

Executive Terms Summary

  • Free & Open Source Studio: EarPurifier (هدوء) is a free, open-source technical utility provided by Mariam Initiative to democratize AI-driven audio isolation, remove background music, and serve educational and knowledge content.
  • 100% User Content Ownership: You retain total and exclusive ownership of all source files and purified output media. Mariam Initiative claims zero ownership or intellectual property rights over your media.
  • Legal Use & Copyright Compliance: You are solely responsible for ensuring you have the legal right or license to process your media. EarPurifier is designed strictly for lawful, educational, and personal applications.
  • Cloud Computing Etiquette (Kaggle): Cloud Mode operates through your personal Kaggle account. You must adhere to Kaggle's Acceptable Use Policies and Terms of Service, avoiding quota abuse or platform exploitation.
  • Third-Party Platform Independence: Mariam Initiative is fully independent and not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Google or Kaggle. We are not liable for cloud provider outages, quota adjustments, or account suspensions.
  • "AS IS" Warranty Disclaimer: The software is provided without warranty of any kind. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Mariam Initiative and its contributors are not liable for any damages resulting from software use.

1. Acceptance of Terms

By downloading, installing, compiling, executing, or accessing EarPurifier (هدوء) (the "Application," "Software," or "Service") or its associated user documentation, you enter into a legally binding agreement with Mariam Initiative (مبادرة مريم) ("the Initiative," "we," "us," or "our").

If you do not agree to all provisions of these Terms of Service, do not download, install, or run EarPurifier.

2. Description of Software & Initiative Mission

EarPurifier is an open-source technical audio workstation developed by Mariam Initiative — a charitable non-profit initiative dedicated to developing innovative technical solutions that serve knowledge, simplify learning, and empower researchers and knowledge seekers worldwide.

The Application utilizes state-of-the-art neural network architectures (such as Band-Split RoFormer, MDX23C, and Kim Vocal 2) to separate and remove background music and instrumentation from speech and narration in audio and video recordings, while losslessly preserving original video streams, embedded subtitles, and container synchronization.

3. License Grant and Open-Source Distribution

  1. Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS): EarPurifier is distributed as free, open-source software. You are granted a personal, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, run, inspect, and modify the Application in accordance with its open-source license.
  2. Source Code Repository: The authoritative source code and build pipelines for EarPurifier are hosted publicly at:
    https://github.com/nitpacker/EarPurifier
  3. No Commercial Software Fees: Mariam Initiative does not sell licenses, charge subscription fees, or sell user access to EarPurifier.

4. Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) and User Obligations

You expressly agree to use EarPurifier only for lawful purposes in strict compliance with all applicable local, national, and international laws, regulations, and third-party terms.

4.1. Lawful Purpose and Intended Use

EarPurifier is engineered specifically for lawful media purification, such as: - Removing background instrumentation from lectures, seminars, and academic presentations. - Purifying audio in documentary archives, educational videos, and podcasts. - Enhancing speech intelligibility for hearing accessibility and linguistic research. - Personal, academic, and non-infringing content creation.

  • User Warranties: You represent and warrant that you own or have obtained all necessary licenses, rights, consents, and permissions to process, alter, separate, or remux any audio or video content you introduce into the Application.
  • No Infringement: You must NOT use EarPurifier to infringe upon the copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, or other intellectual property rights of any individual, studio, broadcaster, or copyright holder.
  • Non-Endorsement: Mariam Initiative does not endorse, condone, or facilitate copyright piracy or the unlawful distribution of copyrighted music or media.

4.3. Cloud Computing Etiquette and Quota Responsibility

When utilizing EarPurifier's Cloud Engine (Cloud Mode): - Personal Account Usage: Compute executes on remote servers operated by Kaggle (Google LLC) under your personal credentials. You agree to strictly abide by Kaggle's Terms of Service and Acceptable Use Policies. - Prohibition of Exploitation: You must NOT attempt to abuse free cloud tiers, circumvent quota restrictions, orchestrate automated botnets, run unauthorized cryptocurrency mining operations, or disrupt remote infrastructure. - Fair Quota Consumption: Although EarPurifier implements automated sub-second container termination (api.kernels_delete) upon cancellation, you remain responsible for monitoring your weekly GPU allocations.

4.4. Prohibited Content

You agree not to use EarPurifier to process, store, or distribute material that is unlawful, defamatory, harassing, fraudulent, malicious, sexually explicit, abusive, or designed to propagate computer viruses or malware.

5. User Media Ownership and Intellectual Property

  1. 100% User Media Ownership: You retain complete, unencumbered ownership, title, and copyright in and to all source files, audio tracks, and output files processed through EarPurifier.
  2. Zero Rights Claimed: Mariam Initiative claims NO title, copyright, ownership, or intellectual property rights over any file or media processed through the Application.
  3. Trademarks: "EarPurifier", "هدوء", "Mariam Initiative", "مبادرة مريم", and associated graphical logos and iconography are trademarks of Mariam Initiative. You are not granted rights or licenses to use these trademarks for commercial endorsements without explicit written consent.

6. Dual-Engine Architecture & Third-Party Platforms

EarPurifier provides two distinct computational engines:

  1. Local Engine (On-Device):
  2. Operates completely offline on your physical hardware.
  3. You are solely responsible for ensuring your computer meets hardware requirements (sufficient RAM, free disk space for model weights, and compatible NVIDIA GPU or CPU).
  4. Cloud Engine (Kaggle Cloud Infrastructure):
  5. Offloads computation to remote servers provided by Kaggle / Google Cloud Platform.
  6. Independent Relationship: Mariam Initiative is completely independent from Kaggle and Google LLC. The Application is not sponsored, authorized, or endorsed by Google LLC or Kaggle.
  7. Third-Party Disclaimers: Mariam Initiative is not responsible or liable for:
    • Cloud platform downtime, connectivity outages, or latency.
    • Kaggle API modifications, deprecations, or session timeouts.
    • Account restrictions, phone verification requirements, rate limiting, or quota deductions imposed by Kaggle.

7. Disclaimer of Warranties

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW:

  1. "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE": THE APPLICATION IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE.
  2. NO GUARANTEE OF QUALITY OR ACCURACY: MARIAM INITIATIVE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
  3. ACOUSTIC AND NEURAL VARIABILITY: WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT AUDIO SEPARATION RESULTS WILL MEET SUBJECTIVE AESTHETIC EXPECTATIONS OR ELIMINATE 100% OF BACKGROUND ARTIFACTS IN ALL RECORDINGS. SEPARATION QUALITY VARIES BASED ON ACOUSTIC COMPLEXITY, MIXING LEVELS, RECORDING BITRATE, AND THE CAPABILITIES OF THE SELECTED NEURAL MODEL (ROFORMER, MDX23C, KIM VOCAL 2).
  4. UNINTERRUPTED OPERATION: WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THAT THE APPLICATION WILL OPERATE UNINTERRUPTED, SECURELY, OR ERROR-FREE, OR THAT DEFECTS WILL BE IMMEDIATELY CORRECTED.

8. Limitation of Liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW:

  1. NO INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES: IN NO EVENT SHALL MARIAM INITIATIVE, ITS FOUNDERS, CONTRIBUTORS, DEVELOPERS, OR AFFILIATES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF MEDIA, LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA LOSS, HARDWARE CORRUPTION, SYSTEM DOWNTIME, OR SUSPENSION OF THIRD-PARTY CLOUD ACCOUNTS).
  2. TOTAL CAP ON LIABILITY: IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES, THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF MARIAM INITIATIVE AND ITS CONTRIBUTORS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SOFTWARE OR THESE TERMS SHALL NOT EXCEED ZERO DOLLARS ($0.00 USD), OWING TO THE FREE AND CHARITABLE NATURE OF THE SERVICE.

9. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Mariam Initiative, its contributors, and developers from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses (including reasonable legal and accounting fees) arising out of or in any way connected with: - Your access to or use of EarPurifier; - Your violation of these Terms of Service or any applicable law; - Any alleged copyright, trademark, or intellectual property infringement arising from content processed or distributed by you using the Application; - Any violation of Kaggle’s Terms of Service or abuse of third-party cloud computing resources through your personal account.

10. Modifications to Software and Terms

  1. Software Evolution: We reserve the right to update, modify, refine, or deprecate features, AI models, and functionality of EarPurifier at any time without prior notice.
  2. Revisions to Terms: We may revise these Terms of Service from time to time. Updates will be published in the official documentation repository. Your continued use of the Application following the publication of revised terms constitutes your acceptance of the changes.

11. Termination

  • You may terminate your agreement with these Terms at any time by ceasing all use of the Application and deleting all local installation and configuration files (%APPDATA%\EarPurifier).
  • Sections regarding intellectual property, user warranties, disclaimers, limitations of liability, and indemnification shall survive any termination.

12. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable under applicable law, such provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent permissible, and the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect.

13. Contact Us

For questions, technical support, legal inquiries, or contributions regarding these Terms of Service:

Technical Inquiries & Support: https://t.me/blessed_tree
Official Initiative Channel: https://t.me/MariamInitiative
Open-Source Repository: https://github.com/nitpacker/EarPurifier