Copyright and takedowns

Last updated 14 October 2026

In short: LiveCQ doesn't store videos. It plays links from other sites in sync for a room. If a link or site used with LiveCQ infringes your copyright, send us a notice and we will block it on LiveCQ. To have the video itself taken down, also contact the site that hosts it.

How LiveCQ handles video

People paste links to videos on other sites. LiveCQ finds the video on that page and plays it for everyone in the room, sometimes relaying the stream through our server so it plays in sync. Nothing is uploaded to or kept on LiveCQ.

Sending a notice

Email with:

1. the work you believe is infringed;
2. the link or links used with LiveCQ (or the site, if it is a whole site), precise enough for us to find them;
3. your name, address, phone number and email;
4. a statement that you believe in good faith the use is not authorised by the owner, its agent or the law;
5. a statement that the information in the notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the owner or authorised to act for the owner;
6. your physical or electronic signature.

These are the elements the US DMCA (17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3)) asks for; notices under other laws, such as the EU Digital Services Act, are welcome in the same form.

What happens next

• We block the links or site on LiveCQ, usually within a few days. LiveCQ will then refuse to find, relay or queue them, for everyone.
• If a public room is listed under an infringing title, we remove it from the home page.
• People who repeatedly share infringing material may be blocked.

Counter-notice

If you think a link was blocked by mistake or you have permission to use it, email with the blocked link, why you believe it was a mistake, your name and contact details, a statement under penalty of perjury that you believe in good faith it was blocked by mistake, consent to the jurisdiction of your local court (or, outside the US, any court where LiveCQ's operator may be found), and your signature. We pass it to the person who sent the notice and may restore the link after 10 business days unless they tell us they have started legal action.

False notices

Knowingly misrepresenting that something infringes, or was removed by mistake, can make you liable for damages.