Copyright and DMCA Policy

1. What audio we hold

• The audiobooks you can stream in AudioHaven are public domain recordings, such as LibriVox recordings. Podcasts play from the publishers' own public feeds.
• Audiobooks you import play from the file on your own device. For most imports we receive only details about the file, such as its title, author, and length, so we can match it to filters we already have.
• If a book has no filters yet, the person who owns it can choose to upload their copy so we can create filters for it. We store that copy privately and use it only to create and maintain filters. It is never streamed, shared, or made available to anyone else, including other AudioHaven users.
• Our filters are lists of timestamps and categories. They do not contain the audio itself.

2. Our designated agent

Send copyright notices and counter-notices to our designated agent:

Email is the fastest way to reach us. This address is only for copyright notices. For anything else, write to support@audiohaven.app.

3. How to send a copyright notice

If you believe material stored on AudioHaven infringes a copyright you own or are authorized to act for, send our designated agent a written notice that includes all of the following:

1. Your physical or electronic signature. Typing your full legal name works as an electronic signature.
2. The copyrighted work you believe is being infringed. If several works are involved, a representative list is fine.
3. The material you believe is infringing, with enough detail for us to find it. Because uploaded files are private and have no public link, tell us as much as you can, such as the book title, author, narrator, edition, and anything you know about the account involved.
4. Your name, mailing address, phone number, and email address.
5. A statement that you believe in good faith that the use of the material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
6. A statement that the information in your notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on the owner's behalf.

A notice that leaves out any of these items may not be valid, and we may ask you to complete it. Under 17 U.S.C. 512(f), anyone who knowingly makes a false claim that material is infringing can be liable for damages, including costs and attorneys' fees. Before you send a notice, consider whether the use could be authorized, for example because the person bought their own copy.

4. What happens after a valid notice

• We promptly stop all use of the stored copy and delete the text transcript made from it. We keep the file itself, unused, for 21 days so it can be restored if the user sends a valid counter-notice, and then permanently delete it.
• We let the user who uploaded it know, include a copy of the notice, and explain how to send a counter-notice.
• We record the notice against that account (see Section 6).

5. Counter-notices

If your upload was removed and you believe that happened by mistake or because the material was misidentified, you can send our designated agent a counter-notice that includes all of the following:

1. Your physical or electronic signature.
2. The material that was removed and where it appeared before it was removed.
3. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you believe in good faith that the material was removed by mistake or because it was misidentified.
4. Your name, mailing address, and phone number.
5. A statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for the judicial district where your address is (or, if your address is outside the United States, any judicial district in which we may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the person who sent the original notice or their agent.

When we receive a valid counter-notice, we send a copy to the person who sent the original notice. If they do not tell us within 10 business days that they have filed a court action to stop the activity, we will restore your access within 10 to 14 business days after receiving your counter-notice. Restoring means we put your stored copy back into use and the notice no longer counts against your account. If the file has already been deleted, you may upload it again. False statements in a counter-notice can also lead to liability under 17 U.S.C. 512(f).

6. Repeat infringers

We keep a record of valid copyright notices against each account. A notice that is withdrawn, or that is resolved by a counter-notice as described above, does not count.

• After three valid notices, we turn off that account's ability to upload files for filtering. Support cannot turn it back on; only a valid counter-notice that resolves a notice does.
• In appropriate circumstances, we may also suspend or close an account that repeatedly infringes, as described in our Terms of Service.

7. Questions

If you are not sure whether to send a notice, or you have a question about this policy, email dmca@audiohaven.app. Nothing on this page is legal advice.