Podcasting is a fantastic medium for people to communicate information, opinions, stories, and ideas with listeners all over the world. Our driving idea at Rando Creator is simple: we aim to give listeners with a wonderful, trustworthy experience, as well as profitable options for creators to distribute and monetize their podcasts.
We maintain the following content rules to enable creators and listeners know what to expect from one other and from Rando Creator. For the upgrade, these criteria will grow over time.
If a creator's material does not comply with these criteria, RadioRando reserves the right to label or delete the content from Rando Creator. We appreciate the contributions of creators and will endeavour to fix any concerns that may occur.
Metadata Accuracy. Podcast metadata (for example, titles, descriptions, language, etc.) must always accurately represent the corresponding content that is distributed.
Impersonation. Podcasts designed to mislead listeners by mimicking, copying, or duplicating other content or search terms are not permitted. Creators must not pretend to be someone else or claim they are affiliated with someone else without their permission and cannot use the artwork, description, or metadata of another creator’s show without permission.
Manipulation. Creators must not encourage or cause any misleading, fraudulent, improper, unlawful, or dishonest activities that interfere with the integrity of RadioRando. For example, creators cannot artificially increase, falsify, or otherwise manipulate a podcast’s follows, listens, ratings, or reviews, or attempt to influence search using inaccurate or inappropriate terms.
Incomplete Content. Don’t provide sample or trailer episodes for podcasts which are not or will not be shortly available in RadioRando. For episodic shows, you may choose to make a subset of your podcast episodes available on RadioRando so long as the episodes are published to RadioRando on a regular cadence.
The amount of editorial content in an episode should greatly exceed any advertising content, so episodes must not consist primarily of advertising or marketing for products, content, or services outside RadioRando without providing an editorial benefit for listeners.
Rights Infringement. Podcasts must not contain materials that infringe on the rights of others (for example, copyright, right of publicity, trademark, etc.). Creators must ensure their podcasts only include content that they have the rights to use.
Password-Protected Content. Content that requires a password is prohibited from the RadioRando directory.
Duplicate Content and Repeated Submissions. Content may be removed if multiple copies of a show or episode are submitted. If creators seek to publish an updated version of a show or episode, they should upload a replacement to the original.
Illegal Content. Creators’ content must comply with applicable law and regulations for the countries or regions where the content is distributed.
Harmful or Objectionable Content. Some content may not be suitable for distribution on RadioRando, such as content that may lead to harmful or dangerous outcomes, or content that is obscene or gratuitous. For example, RadioRando does not allow content that includes:
Encouragement of suicide or self-harm.
Encouragement of criminal activity or illegal acts.
Defamatory, discriminatory, or mean-spirited content, including references or commentary about religion, race, sexual orientation, gender, national or ethnic origin, or other targeted groups, particularly if the content is likely to humiliate, intimidate, harass, or harm individuals or groups or includes specific threats of violence against certain groups or individuals.
If a podcast contains harmful or objectionable content that is disputed by authoritative sources, RadioRando may label the podcast to reflect the dispute.
Cultural Sensitivities. Creators are responsible for being knowledgeable about and, if appropriate, addressing any cultural sensitivities before distributing a podcast in a given country or region.
Advertising Laws. All advertising must be in compliance with applicable law (for example, laws around disclosure of content as paid or sponsored advertising, the content of advertising, and what type of advertising may be included without an age verification).
Paid Content Guidelines
In addition to the preceding content guidelines, the following guidelines apply to paid content available on RadioRando through RadioRando Subscriptions.
Subscription Accuracy. Creators must clearly and accurately describe what benefits listeners will receive in exchange for the price, and the description must match the benefits provided, including the frequency or cadence on which subscribers can expect new subscriber content. Creators must update this information if and when there is a change to the benefits or content that a subscriber might reasonably be expecting.
Duplicate Shows. A show must be associated with a channel and duplicate shows are not permitted. If creators offer free and paid versions of the same show on RadioRando, they must link them using RadioRando Connect.
Premium Experience. In order to ensure that customers receive a premium experience when buying subscriptions on RadioRando:
Creators cannot charge for content in RadioRando if that content is available elsewhere for free at the same time in the same country or region.
Creators cannot offer benefits, such as ad-free listening or early access to new content, if those benefits are available elsewhere for free at the same time for listeners in the same country or region.
Creators cannot offer ad-free listening as a benefit if they do not have ads in their free shows.
Ongoing Value. Subscriptions are not intended to be one-time transactions. The value may differ for each subscription depending on the content and benefits offered by creators, but the subscription must supply ongoing value to subscribers.
Removing content
RadioRando fully and unconditionally reserves the right to remove any inappropriate content on the Rando Creator platform, in our sole discretion, without prior notification to you or any third party. This covers the entire platform provided by RadioRando, including but not limited to the software enabling podcasts to be uploaded and streamed via the RadioRando app.
In the event of recurring or severe violations of our Community Guidelines, or any other agreement you may have with us, we also reserve the right to terminate or disable your RadioRando account.
If you come across any content hosted by Rando Creator that you believe to be inappropriate, we encourage you to flag this by contacting our team at enquiry@radiorando.co.in
