These Terms and Conditions ("Terms") govern your use of the Local Sounds Radio platform, including the website at localsounds.com.au, our mobile applications, and all related services (collectively, the "Platform"). The Platform is operated by Local Sounds ("we", "us", or "our"), an Australian digital radio and music discovery service.
By creating an account, signing in, submitting music, or otherwise using the Platform, you ("you" or "User") agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the Platform.
These Terms work alongside our Privacy Policy. Some services have their own additional terms — see our Advertising Terms and Conditions for advertising bookings, and our Tip Jar Terms for tipping artists.
1. Eligibility and Accounts
- You must be at least 13 years old to create an account. If you are under 18, you confirm that a parent or guardian has reviewed and accepted these Terms on your behalf.
- You may create an account using an email address (we'll send you a sign-in link), by signing in with your Google account, or — for administrators — using a username, password, and two-factor authentication.
- You are responsible for keeping your sign-in credentials secure and for all activity under your account.
- You must provide accurate information when registering and keep it up to date. Impersonating another person or misrepresenting your affiliation with any artist, band, or organisation is prohibited.
- We may suspend or close any account that breaches these Terms, contains false information, or is used for unlawful or harmful purposes.
2. Acceptable Use
When using the Platform, you agree not to:
- Upload, post, or transmit any content that is unlawful, defamatory, obscene, hateful, harassing, or that infringes the rights of others.
- Submit music, artwork, or other content that you do not own or do not have the necessary rights to use.
- Attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Platform, other user accounts, or our systems.
- Use automated tools (bots, scrapers, crawlers) to access, copy, or harvest content from the Platform, except for publicly available data accessed through documented means.
- Interfere with or disrupt the Platform's operation, security, or the experience of other users.
- Use the Platform to distribute spam, malware, or fraudulent content.
- Misuse the Tip Jar, advertising features, or any payment functions for purposes other than their intended use.
3. Music Submissions and Artist Content
When you submit music, Radio IDs, artwork, EPK content, gig listings, or other artist materials ("Artist Content") to the Platform, you confirm and agree that:
- You own the Artist Content or have all the rights, licences, consents, and permissions necessary to submit it and to grant the licence below.
- Your Artist Content does not infringe any copyright, trade mark, moral right, performer's right, or other intellectual property right of any third party.
- Any third-party performers, producers, songwriters, or featured artists have given you permission for the Artist Content to be used as described in these Terms.
Licence to Local Sounds: By submitting Artist Content, you grant Local Sounds a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide licence to host, store, reproduce, broadcast, stream, transmit, display, promote, and distribute that Artist Content on and through the Platform and our partner radio stations, social channels, newsletters, and promotional materials, for as long as you maintain an account with us. You may withdraw this licence by removing the relevant content or by closing your account, subject to us being given a reasonable period to take it down from caches, partner stations, and pre-scheduled broadcasts.
Submission does not guarantee airplay. We reserve the right to accept, reject, edit, schedule, or remove any submission at our discretion, and we are not obliged to provide reasons for our decisions.
4. Intellectual Property
You retain ownership of your Artist Content. Local Sounds and its licensors retain all rights, title, and interest in the Platform itself — including the Local Sounds name and logo, the website design, software, databases, and all original content created by us (such as editorial articles, charts, and AI-generated insights).
You may not copy, modify, distribute, sell, or create derivative works from any part of the Platform (other than your own Artist Content) without our prior written permission.
5. Paid Services
Some features — such as Amplified campaigns, advertising packages, and premium artist tools — are paid services. Payments are processed securely by Stripe. Specific terms for advertising bookings are set out in our Advertising Terms and Conditions, and Tip Jar payments are governed by our Tip Jar Terms.
Unless otherwise stated, all fees are quoted in Australian Dollars (AUD) and exclude GST where applicable.
6. Third-Party Services
The Platform integrates with third-party services including Google (sign-in), Spotify (artist data), Stripe (payments), SendGrid (email delivery), OpenAI (AI features), and various streaming and social platforms. Your use of those services is subject to their own terms and privacy policies. We are not responsible for the availability, content, or practices of third-party services.
7. Suspension and Termination
You may close your account at any time by contacting us at contact@localsounds.com.au.
We may suspend or terminate your access to the Platform at any time, with or without notice, if we reasonably believe you have breached these Terms, infringed third-party rights, or used the Platform in a way that may harm us, other users, or the public. On termination, your right to use the Platform ends immediately, but provisions which by their nature should survive termination (including ownership, indemnities, disclaimers and limitations of liability) will continue to apply.
8. Disclaimers
The Platform is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. To the maximum extent permitted by law, we make no warranties or representations about the Platform's accuracy, reliability, completeness, availability, or fitness for any particular purpose.
Nothing in these Terms is intended to exclude, restrict or modify any rights or remedies you may have under the Australian Consumer Law (Schedule 2 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)) that cannot lawfully be excluded, restricted or modified.
9. Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, Local Sounds will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, revenue, data, goodwill, or business opportunities, arising out of or in connection with your use of the Platform.
Where our liability cannot be excluded but can be limited, our total aggregate liability to you in connection with the Platform is limited to (at our option) the resupply of the relevant service, or AUD $100.
10. Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold Local Sounds, its directors, employees, contractors, and partner stations harmless from any claims, damages, losses, costs, or expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising from your breach of these Terms, your Artist Content, or your misuse of the Platform.
11. Changes to These Terms
We may update these Terms from time to time. When we do, we'll update the "Last updated" date above and, where the changes are significant, notify you by email or through the Platform. Your continued use of the Platform after changes take effect means you accept the updated Terms.
12. Governing Law and Jurisdiction
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Queensland, Australia. You and Local Sounds submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Queensland and the courts competent to hear appeals from those courts.
13. Contact Us
Questions about these Terms? Get in touch at contact@localsounds.com.au.