Terms of Use

Last Updated: January 23, 2026

Content Submission Guidelines

You agree that you will not submit any content to Sochcast that:

  1. belongs to another person and to which the user does not have any right to;
  2. is grossly harmful, harassing, blasphemous defamatory, obscene, pornographic, paedophilic, libellous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically objectionable, disparaging, relating or encouraging money laundering or gambling, or otherwise unlawful in any manner whatsoever;
  3. harm minors in any way;
  4. infringes any patent, trademark, copyright or other proprietary rights; (e) violates any law for the time being in force;
  5. deceives or misleads the addressee about the origin of such messages or communicates any information which is grossly offensive or menacing in nature;
  6. impersonate another person;
  7. contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer resource;
  8. threatens the unity, integrity, defence, security or sovereignty of India, friendly relations with foreign states, or public order or causes incitement to the commission of any cognisable offence or prevents investigation of any offence or is insulting any other nation.

You further agree that Content you submit to Sochcast will not contain third party copyrighted material, or material that is subject to other third party proprietary rights, unless you have permission from the rightful owner of the material or you are otherwise legally entitled to post the material and to grant Sochcast all of the license rights granted herein.

Sochcast does not endorse any Content submitted on its Platform by any user or other licensor, or any opinion, recommendation, or advice expressed therein, and Sochcast expressly disclaims any and all liability in connection with Content. Sochcast does not permit copyright infringing activities and infringement of intellectual property rights on the Service, and Sochcast will remove all Content if properly notified that such Content infringes on another's intellectual property rights. Sochcast reserves the right to remove Content without prior notice.

Sochcast will terminate a user's access to the Service if, under appropriate circumstances, the user is determined to be a repeat infringer.

Sochcast reserves the right to decide whether Content violates these Terms of Service for reasons other than copyright infringement, such as, but not limited to, pornography, obscenity, or excessive length. Sochcast may at any time, without prior notice and in its sole discretion, remove such Content and/or terminate a user's account for submitting such material in violation of these Terms of Service.

Sochcast reserves the right to offer and share the Content as you may submit, across all the products, software, data feeds and services offered by Sochcast, including by way of embeddable players and progressive web apps, and you, as Content uploader, shall be bound by the terms and conditions specified herein, with respect to such Content offered through such products, software, data feeds and services.

By uploading the Content, including making available the Content through RSS feed (XML structured content) links, you direct and permit Sochcast to initiate the process of transcoding such Content to the Sochcast servers, from where such Content shall be streamed, transmitted, distributed, shared, modified or otherwise made available to the Service, subject to the terms and conditions hereof.

Indemnity

To the extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Sochcast, its parent corporation, officers, directors, employees and agents, from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney's fees) arising from: (i) your use of and access to the Service; (ii) your violation of any term of these Terms of Service; (iii) your violation of any third party right, including without limitation any copyright, property, or privacy right; or (iv) any claim that your Content caused damage to a third party. This defence and indemnification obligation will survive these Terms of Service and your use of the Service.

Your Acceptance of These Terms

You affirm that you are either more than 18 years of age, or possess legal parental or guardian consent, and are fully able and competent to enter into the terms, conditions, obligations, affirmations, representations, and warranties set forth in these Terms of Service, and to abide by and comply with these Terms of Service. In any case, you affirm that you are over the age of 13, as the Service is not intended for children under 13. If you are under 13 years of age, then please do not use the Service. We provide these Terms of Service with our Service so that you know what terms apply to your use. You acknowledge that we have given you a reasonable opportunity to review these Terms of Service and that you have agreed to them.

This T&C is an electronic record in terms of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (as amended / re-enacted) and rules thereunder, and is published in accordance with the provisions of Rule 3 (1) of the Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics code) Rules, 2021, which mandates publishing of rules and regulations, privacy policy and terms of use for access or usage of the App. This electronic record is generated by a computer system and does not require any physical or digital signature.

If you have any questions about these Terms of Use, please contact us at support@sochcast.com

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