Live Radio

DMCA

Last updated: May 24, 2026

Live Radio (“the App”) is a thin client that plays publicly broadcast Internet radio streams. We do not host, store, transcode, mirror, or modify any audio. We do not own, operate, or license the broadcast content reachable through the App.

The station catalog is sourced from publicly available radio directories, including the open-source community project Radio Browser. Each stream URL points directly to the originating broadcaster’s own publicly available HTTP/HTTPS endpoint — the same URL listeners can reach through that station’s website, Sonos, in-car infotainment, or any standard web browser.

The App’s backend serves only textual metadata (station name, country, city, genre tags) alongside the public stream URLs. We do not host, distribute, or cache station logos, artwork, or any other broadcaster-owned imagery. Station tiles in the App are rendered as text-based placeholders generated on-device.

We respect the rights of all copyright owners and act promptly on valid notices. This page describes how to request that a station or stream be removed from the App.

How to submit a takedown notice

If you believe that a station or stream listed in Live Radio infringes a copyright that you own or are authorized to represent, please send a notice to:

[email protected]

For your notice to be valid under the United States Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA, 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3)), it must include all of the following:

  1. Your contact information — full legal name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address.
  2. Identification of the copyrighted work you claim has been infringed. If the notice covers multiple works, a representative list is sufficient.
  3. Identification of the allegedly infringing material in the App — please include:
  • the station name as it appears in the App,
  • the station identifier or stream URL if you have it,
  • a screenshot if possible.
  1. A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
  2. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on behalf of the owner.
  3. A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or an authorized representative.

Incomplete notices may delay processing.

What happens after we receive a valid notice

  • We review every notice within 48 hours of receipt during business days.
  • If the notice is valid on its face, we filter the identified station or stream from the App’s catalog.
  • Where the station is sourced from an upstream directory such as Radio Browser, we also forward the takedown to that directory so the removal propagates beyond our app.
  • We will email the notifier to confirm the action taken.
  • We may also notify the broadcaster operating the affected stream, where contact information is available, so they can respond directly.

We reserve the right to refuse takedown requests that are facially invalid, that target content the notifier does not own or represent, or that are submitted in bad faith.

Counter-notification

If you operate a broadcaster whose stream has been removed and you believe the removal was the result of a mistake or misidentification, you may submit a counter-notification to [email protected].

A counter-notification must include:

  1. Your full legal name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address.
  2. Identification of the station or stream that was removed and the location at which it appeared in the App before removal.
  3. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification.
  4. A statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the United States Federal District Court for the judicial district in which your address is located (or, if outside the United States, for any judicial district in which Live Radio may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the original notifier.
  5. Your physical or electronic signature.

If a valid counter-notification is received and no court action is filed against you within 10–14 business days, we may restore the removed material at our discretion.

False notices

Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material or activity is infringing, or that material was removed by mistake or misidentification, may be liable for damages, including costs and attorneys’ fees, incurred by the alleged infringer or by Live Radio.

We log every notice and counter-notification. Submitters of bad-faith or fraudulent notices may be permanently blocked from this process.

Repeat infringer policy

It is our policy, in appropriate circumstances and at our discretion, to permanently remove any station or stream whose operator is the subject of repeated valid infringement notices.

Non-U.S. rights holders

We honor takedown requests on the same basis under equivalent legal frameworks, including:

  • European Union — Article 17 of the Copyright Directive (EU 2019/790) and the Digital Services Act (Regulation (EU) 2022/2065).
  • United Kingdom — the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and the Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002.
  • Other jurisdictions — comparable notice-and-takedown procedures.

Notices in any of the above frameworks should be sent to the same address: [email protected].

Designated agent

For the purposes of receiving DMCA notices, the designated agent for Live Radio is:

Email: [email protected]
Subject line: DMCA Notice — <station name>

We respond only to written notices sent to this address. Notices submitted by other channels (in-app feedback, social media, support email) will be redirected here and may be subject to delay.

Important note about Internet radio

The vast majority of Internet radio streams reachable through Live Radio are operated by licensed broadcasters who already pay royalties to the appropriate collecting societies (ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, SoundExchange, PRS, GEMA, SACEM, and their equivalents) for the music they broadcast. In most cases, a perceived copyright issue is more appropriately addressed directly to the broadcaster, who is the party with both the licensing relationship and the technical ability to stop the stream at its source.

If you are unsure whether your concern is with the broadcaster or with Live Radio, please send your notice to [email protected] anyway — we will help route it correctly.