DMCA & Copyright Policy
How we treat copyright
TL TALK RADIO respects copyright, our own and everyone else’s. The words, photographs, graphics and code on this site are owned by us or used with permission, and we expect the same care from others that we take ourselves. If you believe something published here uses your copyrighted work without the right to, this page tells you how to say so and get it dealt with.
We aim to respond quickly and fairly to well-founded notices, and we apply the same standard whether the complaint comes from a large rights holder or an individual photographer. A good-faith process cuts both ways, which is why there is a route below for someone whose work was removed in error to get it restored.
Filing a notice of claimed infringement
Send a written notice to support@tltalkradio.org with COPYRIGHT at the front of the subject line. To let us act on it, your notice needs to include all of the following. Leaving pieces out will slow everything down, because we cannot act on a complaint we cannot verify.
- Enough detail to identify the copyrighted work you say has been infringed. If several works are involved, a representative list is fine.
- The exact location of the material on our site that you are complaining about, with a direct link to each item, so we are not left guessing which page or image you mean.
- Your name, a postal address and an email address we can reach you at.
- A statement that you have a good-faith belief the disputed use is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
- A statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorised to act on the owner’s behalf.
- Your physical or electronic signature.
Do not file a false claim. Misrepresenting that material is infringing carries real legal consequences under the applicable law, and a copyright notice is not a tool for silencing coverage you dislike. Complaints that are really about accuracy belong in our corrections process, not here.
What we do when a valid notice arrives
When we receive a notice that meets the requirements above, we review it and, where it is well-founded, we remove or disable access to the material in question, usually promptly. We may let the person who posted it know that we have done so, and we keep a record of the notice. If a notice is incomplete or obviously mistaken, we will say so and tell you what is missing rather than act on it blindly.
Counter-notice, if your material was removed in error
If your material was taken down and you believe that was a mistake, or that the use was lawful, you can send a counter-notice to the same address with COUNTER-NOTICE in the subject. It should include your name and contact details, identification of the material and where it appeared before removal, a statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification, your consent to the jurisdiction of the appropriate court, and your signature.
Once we have a valid counter-notice, we may restore the material in due course unless the original complainant pursues the matter through the courts, in line with the timelines the law sets out. We do not adjudicate the underlying dispute ourselves. We follow a fair process and let the law resolve genuine disagreements.
Repeat infringers, and using our work
We will, in appropriate cases, restrict or remove access for people who repeatedly infringe the rights of others. As for our own journalism, you are welcome to quote a fair extract with credit and a link back, which is the normal give and take of the web. Republishing whole articles or lifting our photographs without permission is not fair use, and requests to license or syndicate our work are welcome at support@tltalkradio.org. Our terms of service set out the wider rules for using the site.
Last updated: August 2026
