Who operates Hookcut
Hookcut is based in New Jersey, USA. These terms apply to your use of hookcut.net. Questions about these terms can be sent to hookcutsupport@gmail.com.
The service
Hookcut uses Klap to turn supported public YouTube videos into AI-selected vertical clips with captions and optional editing features. You sign in with ChatGPT and purchase credit packs through Stripe. You do not need your own Klap account.
AI-generated captions, titles, selections, and scores can be inaccurate. Review the final video before publishing. Scores are estimates; Hookcut does not promise views, engagement, revenue, a particular creative result, or the maximum requested number of clips. Processing times and availability vary.
Your content and permissions
Only submit videos you own or have permission to process and reuse. A public YouTube link does not by itself give you copyright permission. You are responsible for any necessary permissions for video, music, people’s likenesses, and other included material, and for following applicable law and platform rules.
You retain the rights you already hold in your content. By submitting a video, you authorize Hookcut and its processing providers to access, process, store, and deliver it as needed to provide the requested service. Processing does not grant rights to someone else’s material.
Acceptable use and prohibited conduct
You must not use Hookcut to create, edit, distribute, or facilitate content that:
- Harasses, bullies, stalks, threatens, intimidates, or organizes targeted abuse against a person or group.
- Promotes hatred, dehumanization, violence, or discrimination against people based on race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, age, or another protected characteristic.
- Exposes private personal information without permission to endanger, intimidate, or harass someone, including doxxing.
- Sexually exploits or abuses anyone, includes sexual content involving minors, or creates or shares intimate imagery without consent, including AI-generated or manipulated imagery.
- Impersonates someone deceptively, makes knowingly false factual allegations that harm a person’s reputation, facilitates fraud, or misleadingly edits speech or captions to falsely attribute harmful statements to someone.
- Encourages violence or other unlawful conduct, infringes others’ rights, or attempts to bypass account, payment, security, or processing controls.
Context matters. Good-faith reporting, education, criticism, counterspeech, and clearly identified satire are not prohibited merely because they discuss offensive or controversial material. They must not be used as a pretext for the abuse described above.
You are responsible for reviewing AI-generated selections, captions, and titles before sharing them. Do not publish an output that violates these rules. Processing a video through Hookcut does not mean that Hookcut endorses its content or message.
Reporting and enforcement
Report suspected misuse to hookcutsupport@gmail.com with the relevant link or job ID and a brief explanation. Do not send illegal imagery or unnecessary sensitive personal information. We may review reports, request more information, and take proportionate action, including restricting or suspending access or requesting removal from a service provider where appropriate. Contact support if you believe an enforcement decision was made in error.
These rules do not mean every video is reviewed before processing. Refunds and credit adjustments remain subject to our Refund Policy and applicable law.
Credits and purchases
Packs are one-time purchases in USD, not subscriptions. The price and credit quantity are shown before checkout. Credits are assigned to the signed-in account; test credits are separate from live credits. Credits are for Hookcut processing, not money transfers.
Current usage is 1 credit to analyze a video, 1 per generated clip, and 1 per MP4 export. For example, generating 3 clips and exporting all 3 uses 7 credits. Generation uses credits even if you do not export.
Hookcut reserves the displayed maximum generation cost before processing and returns unused reservations. Confirmed failed jobs return their reserved credits. Uncertain submissions stay reserved for review to avoid duplicate processing. Reopening a completed export does not charge again. See the Refund Policy for payment and credit issues.
Account and availability
Keep your sign-in account secure and contact support if you notice activity you do not recognize. Processing limits and temporary outages can prevent new jobs. Accounts with payment disputes may be placed on hold while the dispute is reviewed. Refunded or reversed purchases reduce the corresponding credit balance.
Download completed videos you want to keep; provider-hosted download links are not permanent storage. Changes to third-party services may affect processing or downloads.
Privacy, changes, and your rights
Our Privacy Policy explains the information used to operate the service. We may update these terms as the service changes and will show the updated date here. Nothing in these terms removes rights or remedies that applicable law does not allow us to exclude.