Terms of Service

Effective October 30, 2026

These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your use of CuePoint, an iMessage app operated by 1000144434 Ontario Inc., operating as CuePoint ("CuePoint," "we," "us"). By downloading or using CuePoint, you agree to these Terms.

1. What CuePoint does

CuePoint lets you cue up a song and send it to a friend in iMessage. Anyone can send and receive free 30-second previews. Sending a full-song cue requires the sender to have an active Apple Music subscription, authenticated on their own device via Apple's MusicKit.

2. Not affiliated with Apple

CuePoint is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Apple Inc. "Apple Music," "iMessage," and related marks belong to Apple Inc. Song preview audio is streamed from Apple's iTunes Search API; full-song playback uses Apple's MusicKit framework and an Apple Music subscription. Your use of Apple Music is governed by Apple's own terms, separately from these Terms.

3. Eligibility

You must be able to form a binding contract to use CuePoint, and you must comply with the age requirements of your Apple ID and the App Store. If you're using CuePoint on behalf of a minor's Apple ID, you're responsible for their compliance with these Terms.

4. Acceptable use

You agree not to use CuePoint to:

• Infringe or misappropriate anyone else's copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property rights, including by using CuePoint to distribute music in a manner not authorized by the rights holder or by Apple's licensing terms;
• Circumvent, disable, or otherwise interfere with clip-length limits, security features, or content protections built into the app or into Apple's services;
• Send content that is unlawful, harassing, or that violates the rights of others;
• Upload or share child sexual abuse material, or any other content whose possession or distribution is itself illegal. Content of this kind is reported to the appropriate authorities — in Canada, Cybertip.ca; in the United States, the NCMEC CyberTipline — and the uploading installation is blocked immediately and permanently, without the repeat-notice allowance described in section 6;
• Reverse-engineer, decompile, or attempt to extract the source code of the app, except where applicable law permits it;
• Use the app in any way that violates Apple's App Store Review Guidelines or Media Services Terms.

We may suspend or terminate access for anyone who violates this policy, and — consistent with our copyright policy below — we will terminate the access of users determined to be repeat infringers.

To report content in CuePoint, use Report & Block on the message itself (the info button on any sound bite or photo you have received), or email cuepointapp@gmail.com with the file ID. Where the law requires us to preserve reported material for an investigation, we will keep it for as long as that requires, notwithstanding the 30-day deletion described in section 5.

Reporting illegal content, and our point of contact. Anyone (including authorities in the EU and UK) can report content they believe is illegal to cuepointapp@gmail.com, in English or French. Please include the file ID (from the message), why you believe it's illegal, and your name and email unless the report is about child sexual abuse material. We review reports promptly and act on them. Because CuePoint has no accounts, we can only explain a removal decision to someone who has contacted us; if that's you, we'll tell you what we decided and why, and you can ask us to reconsider.

5. Content and intellectual property

Songs. CuePoint does not host, own, or store the songs you cue. Song audio is streamed directly from Apple at the time of playback. All rights in the underlying music remain with the applicable rights holders (labels, publishers, artists). A song cue sent through CuePoint is a link/reference resolved through Apple's services, not a file CuePoint distributes or retains a copy of. Using CuePoint does not grant you any ownership rights in the music.

Sound bites and photos you send. Sound bites (audio you record or import yourself) and photos you attach are different: they are uploaded to our storage so the person you send them to can play or view them. You are responsible for what you upload, and you must own it or have permission to share it — don't upload commercial music, other people's recordings, or other content you don't have the rights to. You keep whatever rights you have in your content; you give CuePoint a limited licence to store it and deliver it to the recipients you choose, only for as long as needed to do that. Uploaded files are deleted automatically after 30 days. We may remove content, and restrict an installation's ability to upload, if we believe it violates these Terms or someone else's rights.

6. Copyright policy (DMCA)

CuePoint respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects users to do the same.

Filing a notice. If you believe content accessible through CuePoint infringes your copyright, you may send a notice to our designated agent that includes, per 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3):

• A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on their behalf;
• Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed;
• Identification of the material claimed to be infringing, and information reasonably sufficient to locate it;
• Your contact information (address, phone number, and email);
• A statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
• A statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.

Send copyright notices to our designated agent (DMCA Registration Number DMCA-1076154):
Riley McLeaming, for 1000144434 Ontario Inc. (CuePoint)
531 Bayfield Street, Unit #109
Barrie, ON L4M 4Z9, Canada
Email: cuepointapp@gmail.com

Counter-notice. If you believe content was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, you may submit a counter-notice with: your signature, identification of the material and its prior location, a statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed in error, and your consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court in your district (or, if outside the U.S., any district in which we may be found).

To help us find the material quickly, include the CuePoint link from the message (it contains the sound bite or photo ID), or a screenshot of the message. You can also report a sound bite from inside the app with Report & Block.

What happens after a valid notice. We remove the material promptly and block the same file from being uploaded again. Content removed by mistake can be restored in response to a valid counter-notice, as described above; because uploaded files are deleted automatically after 30 days, content may no longer be available to restore.

Repeat infringers. CuePoint doesn't use accounts, so each installation of the app has an anonymous identifier that is attached to every sound bite and photo it uploads. If we receive two or more valid copyright notices about content uploaded from the same installation within 12 months, we will permanently block that installation from uploading sound bites or photos. We may block an installation after a single notice where the infringement is clear or deliberate. We keep a record of each notice, the removed file's digital fingerprint, and the uploading installation's anonymous identifier so we can enforce this policy.

7. Apple Music affiliate disclosure

Links inviting you to subscribe to Apple Music may be affiliate links. If you subscribe through one, CuePoint may earn a commission at no extra cost to you.

8. Disclaimers

CuePoint is provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, express or implied. We don't guarantee that the app will be uninterrupted, error-free, or that any particular song will be available for preview or full playback — availability depends on Apple's catalog and services, which are outside our control.

9. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, CuePoint (1000144434 Ontario Inc.) and its directors, officers, and employees will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your use of the app, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.

10. Termination

You may stop using CuePoint at any time by deleting the app. We may suspend or terminate your access if you violate these Terms.

11. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. If we make material changes, we'll update the effective date above. Continuing to use CuePoint after changes take effect means you accept the revised Terms.

12. Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein, without regard to conflict-of-laws principles.

13. Bubble styles, CueCoins and purchases

Purchases. Where purchases are available, they're made through Apple and governed by Apple's terms, including its refund process. A purchased style is licensed to you for use in CuePoint; it isn't a transfer of ownership. A purchase of "Everything" covers every style in the shop, including styles added later, for as long as CuePoint offers the shop.

CueCoins. Where available, CueCoins are a reward earned by using CuePoint. They have no cash value, can't be bought, sold, transferred, exchanged for money, or used outside CuePoint, and aren't your property. We may change how CueCoins are earned, what they cost to spend, or end the program; we'll try to give notice before ending it. Coins or unlocks gained through cheating, tampering, or bugs may be removed.

What others see. A styled cue shows your chosen style to friends who have CuePoint; friends without it, or on an older version, see the standard bubble.

14. Contact

Questions about these Terms? Email cuepointapp@gmail.com, or write to 1000144434 Ontario Inc. (CuePoint), 531 Bayfield Street, Unit #109, Barrie, Ontario L4M 4Z9, Canada.