★ Snuddle legal

Copyright Notice

Effective Date: 5 May 2026 · Last Updated: 5 May 2026

Your trust matters to us. Snuddle: Baby Sleep Sounds ("Snuddle," "we," "our," or "us") is a sound and ambience app built to help newborns, infants, and toddlers sleep — and to give parents their own moments of calm. This Copyright Notice explains who owns the App, where its content comes from, and how to contact us with any intellectual property questions or concerns.

1. Ownership at a Glance

The table below is a complete and accurate summary of the App and its publisher. This information is consistent with our Apple App Store and Google Play store listings.

2. Copyright Notice

© 2026 Snuddle: Baby Sleep Sounds. All rights reserved. The above copyright notice applies to the App as a whole, including its source code, compiled binaries, audio recordings, user interface, brand assets, written content, and supporting materials, except where third-party components are clearly identified and used under their respective licenses (see Section 7).

3. Originality of the App

Snuddle declares that the App is an original work. Specifically:

• Source code — the application source code was authored by or on behalf of Snuddle. Where open-source libraries are used, they are used in accordance with their respective licenses and listed in Section 7.
• User interface and design — all screens, layouts, icons, illustrations, and visual elements unique to the App were created by or for Snuddle.
• Brand and mascot — the name "Snuddle", the Snuddle wordmark, and the Snuddle mascot character (a stylized chibi baby penguin featuring a glowing golden star marking on the cheek) are original brand assets owned by Snuddle.
• Written content — all text within the App, including descriptions, on-screen labels, help content, and store listing copy, is original or, where short common phrases are used, is not subject to exclusive third-party copyright.

4. Audio Content — Sources & Rights

The App's primary content is ambient and sleep-oriented audio for infants and caregivers. The audio in the App is drawn from two categories of source, both of which are appropriately cleared for inclusion in the App and for distribution through the Apple App Store and Google Play.

4.1 AI-generated audio (owned by Snuddle)

• A portion of the audio in the App is generated by Snuddle using AI audio generation tools, in accordance with the terms of service of those tools.
• The resulting audio is produced by Snuddle and used in the App under the rights granted by the relevant tool's terms of service, which permit commercial use of the generated output.
• To the extent any rights subsist in this AI-generated audio, those rights are held by, or have been granted to, Snuddle for the purpose of inclusion in the App and distribution through the Apple App Store and Google Play.
• This audio does not incorporate, sample, or replicate any specific copyrighted recording or musical composition belonging to a third party.

4.2 Royalty-free & free-for-commercial-use audio (used under license)

• A portion of the audio in the App consists of recordings, soundscapes, or musical works obtained from third parties under royalty-free, public-domain, Creative Commons, or other free-for-commercial-use licenses that permit inclusion in a commercially distributed mobile application.
• The underlying copyright in this audio remains with the original rights holder. Snuddle does not claim ownership of this audio. Snuddle uses it solely under the rights granted by the applicable license.
• Snuddle has reviewed the license terms applicable to each such audio asset and is satisfied that those terms permit inclusion of the audio within the App, commercial distribution of the App through the Apple App Store and Google Play on a worldwide basis, and any other use of the audio that is made within the App.
• Where a license requires attribution, that attribution is reproduced in the App under Settings / About / Audio Credits or an equivalent screen and, where appropriate, in supporting materials.

4.3 What Snuddle does not use

• The App does not contain samples, loops, stems, or recordings sourced from copyrighted commercial music, paid stock libraries to which Snuddle does not hold a current license, or any other third-party rights holder that has not granted permission for use within the App.
• The App does not incorporate any musical composition, lyrics, performance, or master recording in which a third party holds an exclusive right that has not been licensed to Snuddle.

4.4 Records and verification

Snuddle retains records of the source and applicable license for each audio asset in the App, including, as appropriate, AI-generation prompts and outputs, license documents, source URLs, and attribution metadata. These records can be made available to Apple, Google, or another lawful requester on reasonable request, for the purpose of verifying the rights position of any specific audio asset in the event of an intellectual property dispute or store review inquiry.

5. Trademarks

"Snuddle" is used as the name of the App and as a brand identifier. Any registration status of the mark is to be confirmed in the relevant jurisdictions; absence of a registration symbol does not waive any common-law rights that may subsist in the mark, the wordmark, or the associated mascot character.

All other product names, company names, and brand names referenced in the App or in this Copyright Notice are the property of their respective owners. Reference to such names does not imply endorsement of, or affiliation with, the App.

6. License Granted to End Users

Subject to the App's end user license agreement and the applicable terms of the Apple App Store and Google Play, Snuddle grants each end user a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable, limited license to install and use the App on devices the user owns or controls, for personal, non-commercial purposes.

No rights are granted to copy, modify, redistribute, sublicense, publicly perform, broadcast, sample, remix, or commercially exploit the App or any of its audio, visual, or written content, except as expressly permitted by applicable law (such as private, non-infringing personal use).

7. Third-Party Software & Open Source

The App is built using third-party open-source software components. These components remain the property of their respective copyright holders and are used under their respective licenses. A complete list of such components, their version numbers, and their license texts is maintained within the App (under Settings / About / Open Source Licenses or an equivalent screen) and is also retained in the App's source repository.

Categories of components used

• Mobile application framework and runtime components (for example, hybrid application frameworks and their official plugins).
• User interface libraries and supporting JavaScript / TypeScript packages.
• Audio playback and media handling libraries.
• Build tooling, bundlers, and development utilities (used to produce the App but not necessarily distributed within it).

All such components are used in accordance with the terms of their respective licenses (typically MIT, Apache 2.0, BSD, or ISC). Required attribution notices are reproduced in the App's open-source acknowledgments screen.

8. User-Generated Content

The App does not solicit or host user-generated audio content as part of its core functionality. To the extent any future feature permits a user to upload, record, or contribute content, Snuddle will require the user to confirm that they hold the necessary rights, and Snuddle will operate a notice-and-takedown process consistent with applicable law and store policies.

9. Notice & Takedown (DMCA)

Snuddle respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects users of the App to do the same. If you believe that material within the App infringes a copyright you own or control, please send a written notice to the contact address below containing:

• Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to be infringed.
• Identification of the material in the App that is claimed to be infringing, with sufficient detail to allow it to be located.
• Your contact information — name, postal address, telephone number, and email address.
• A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use of the material is not authorised 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 the copyright owner or are authorised to act on the copyright owner's behalf.
• Your physical or electronic signature.

Notices may be sent to info@white-noise-for-baby.com. Snuddle will review valid notices and respond in a manner consistent with applicable law, including, where appropriate, the United States Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), and with the policies of the Apple App Store and Google Play.

10. App Store Compliance Notes

This section explains how our practices map to the intellectual property requirements of the Apple App Store and Google Play. It is intended to be transparent with both stores and users about exactly where the App's content comes from.

Apple App Store

• ✓ Compliant with Apple App Store Review Guideline 5.2 (Intellectual Property).
• ✓ App and all in-app content are owned by Snuddle or properly licensed for inclusion.
• ✓ Audio is properly cleared — either AI-generated by Snuddle, or used under royalty-free / free-for-commercial-use licenses. No copyrighted recordings are used without permission.
• ✓ No impersonation of any third-party brand, product, character, or service.
• ✓ Open-source components used in accordance with their licenses; required attributions reproduced in-app.
• ✓ Original source materials retained and available to Apple App Review on reasonable request.

Google Play Store

• ✓ Compliant with the Google Play Developer Program Policies — Intellectual Property.
• ✓ App does not infringe any copyright, trademark, trade secret, or other proprietary right.
• ✓ All audio is either AI-generated by Snuddle or used under royalty-free / free-for-commercial-use licenses — no unlicensed copyrighted recordings.
• ✓ Brand assets (name, wordmark, mascot character) are original and owned by Snuddle.
• ✓ Open-source attributions surfaced in-app.
• ✓ Notice-and-takedown process available via the contact address in Section 12.

Asset ownership summary

Note: The above declarations should remain consistent with our Apple App Store and Google Play submissions. Any future change to the App's assets will trigger an update to this Copyright Notice prior to the next app submission.

11. Governing Law

This Copyright Notice is a description of the App's intellectual property position prepared by Snuddle and is not legal advice. Snuddle reserves the right to update this Notice at any time, and the latest version posted at white-noise-for-baby.com supersedes all earlier versions.

Any dispute arising from or related to this Copyright Notice, the App, or the rights described in it shall be governed by the laws of the Republic of Singapore, without regard to conflict-of-laws principles, save where applicable mandatory consumer-protection or store-policy rules require otherwise.

12. Contact Us

Questions, IP concerns, takedown requests, or app-store reviewer enquiries — we're here. We aim to respond within 5 business days.

App Name: Snuddle: Baby Sleep Sounds · Operated by: white-noise-for-baby.com · Singapore