Last Updated: June 01, 2026
Welcome to Roots Preserved (www.rootspreserved.com). By accessing or using our Website, you agree to comply with and be bound by these Terms of Service. If you do not agree to these Terms, please do not use the Website.
1. Acceptance of Terms
Roots Preserved provides educational and cultural content curation. These Terms govern all visitors, users, and others who access the Website. We reserve the right to modify these Terms at any time without prior notice. Your continued use of the Website constitutes acceptance of those changes.
2. Intellectual Property & Embedded Content
- Third-Party Content: Roots Preserved curates and shares digital media, primarily by embedding videos hosted on YouTube and other third-party platforms.
- No Ownership Claim: We do not claim ownership, copyright, or distribution rights over any embedded videos. All intellectual property rights remain with the original content creators, filmmakers, or authorized distributors.
- Server-Side Hosting: All embedded videos are hosted directly on the servers of the respective third-party platforms (e.g., YouTube). Roots Preserved does not copy, duplicate, download, or host these files on our own servers.
- Compliance with Platform Terms: We embed content using official, platform-sanctioned tools (such as the YouTube Embedded Player). We respect the privacy, sharing preferences, and digital rights management (DRM) settings set by the content owners on those platforms.
3. User Obligations and Source Material
- Good Faith Curation: Roots Preserved makes every effort to embed content only from official, verified, or legally authorized channels.
- Infringement Reporting: If you are a copyright owner and believe that content embedded on Roots Preserved links to an unauthorized or pirated copy of your work, please contact us immediately. We will promptly remove the embed link from our Website.
- Removal by Source: If a video is removed, deleted, or has its embedding permissions disabled by the creator on the host platform, it will automatically cease to function on Roots Preserved. We are not responsible for broken links or unavailable content resulting from creator or platform actions.
4. Permitted Use of the Website
- You may view the curated content on Roots Preserved for personal, non-commercial, and educational use.
- You agree not to attempt to bypass, alter, or strip the branding, watermarks, or user interface elements of the embedded video players.
- You may not use automated tools (like scrapers or bots) to systematically extract content or links from Roots Preserved.
5. Disclaimer of Warranties
The Website and its curated content are provided on an “as-is” and “as-available” basis. Roots Preserved makes no warranties, expressed or implied, regarding the accuracy, legality, availability, or continuity of the third-party videos embedded on the platform.
6. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Roots Preserved, its owners, and affiliates shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages resulting from your use of the Website, your inability to access embedded content, or any copyright disputes arising from the host platforms.
7. Governing Law
These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction in which Roots Preserved operates, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.
8. Contact Us
If you have any questions about these Terms, or if you need to request the removal of an embedded link, please contact us at: admin@rootspreserved.com
