Terms of Service
1. Definitions
When we say “site”, we mean bylineaudio.com and the services offered through bylyineaudio.com and byline.supportingcast.fm. When we say “we”, “us” or “our”, we are referring to Byline TV. When we say “content”, we are referring any copyrightable text, video, audio, graphics and other material created and owned by Byline Audio. When we say “members” or “subscribers” we are referring to any user with an account who pays to access premium Byline Audio services (Byline Audio Premium). Finally, “terms” refers to these terms of service.
2. Accepting These Terms
Please read these terms carefully before using this site. If you do not agree to these terms, you may not register for this site or use its services. Use of this site and its services represents agreement to these terms. If we make material changes to these terms we’ll let you know either through the site of via the email you use to register. If you do not agree to any updated terms, you may send a request to cancel with the subject “Request to Cancel” to info@byline.com. If we do not hear from you within seven (7) days, the revised terms will automatically apply to you.
3. Privacy Policy
When you register with the site, you will be asked to provide certain personal information, including your name and email address. We will store your personal information, but will not share it with any third parties, except as necessary to provide the services offered, to monitor usage, and to improve the service. For example, we share your name, email address and subscription information with SupportingCast; or we may use a third party analytics tool like Monster Insights to learn how you are using Byline TV, and how we can improve that experience. We also use your personal information to send you notifications about the service and to respond to customer support requests. We will never share your personal information with advertisers or send you promotions for unrelated services. You can access and change your personal information or cancel your account by managing your account settings using the links in the header and footer of each page on this site.
We may be required to disclose your personal information in order to:
comply with the law or legal process
protect or defend our rights or property, or the rights or property of others
enforce these terms
respond to claims that the content of any material on our system violates the rights of others.
If we must disclose your personal information in order to comply with the law or legal process, we will inform you (at the email address you provide) as soon as practicable, provided that it is lawful for us to do so.
We will also aggregate user information and perform statistical analyses of the collective behavior of our members and visitors, to measure overall demographics, and to analyze how to improve our service. We may share this information with third parties (such as Google Analytics), but such aggregate information does not contain personal information other than IP addresses. In addition, we may compile and disclose aggregate information about our users for promotional or other purposes. For example, we might want to disclose that a certain percentage of our users are located within a particular geographic area or work most frequently in the mornings.
We use session and login cookies, which help us keep track of when a person is logged in and determine the content or sites users link to, and which services people use. We will also capture login timestamps, and usage statistics, as well as IP addresses. We’ll capture some information about the documents stored on the site (such as word count, use of various markup tokens, number of versions, etc.), but we will not view the content of your documents unless you give us permission to do so, or it becomes necessary in order to comply with legal obligations.
We will communicate with you via email, to the email address you provide to us. Some communications, such as emails informing you of new features, may be unsubscribed to via the unsubscribe link in the email. If you would like to cease all communications from us, please send an email to info@byline.com and we will cancel your account.
You can read our Privacy Policy in full here.
4. Permitted Users
You must be thirteen (13) years of age or older to participate in any activities or services offered on our site(s) and/or be a member and receive membership benefits, and you must be eighteen (18) years of age or older to participate in any in-person events.
We will not knowingly allow to use our premium subscription services or collect personal information from visitors under sixteen (16) years of age for these activities. Upon discovery of the participation of a person under sixteen (16) years of age in such activities, his/her registration or participation will be canceled immediately and all personal information will be deleted from our files.
Registration with the site is required in order to access certain services, including, without limitation, premium content, saving of preferences, and blog and article comment posting. Your registration information will be handled by us in accordance with our Privacy Policy, which you should review prior to registering with us.
You are not required to set a password for your account but we recommend that you do so. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and any membership account information you provide. You agree to immediately notify us of any unauthorised use of your password or other membership account information and further agree to indemnify and hold the site, its parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, operational providers and partners harmless for any improper or illegal use of your password.
We encourage you to keep us informed about any changes in your membership, personal contact and email information. You may change or update certain information in your membership file by using the controls in the header and footer of each page on this site or at https://byline.supportingcast.fm/. You may cancel your account using these settings or by contacting us. If your email address or payment card is canceled, becomes inactive or inaccessible for an extended period of time, we may cancel your membership and delete all or part of your membership profile, to the extent allowed by law and in accordance with our security measures. We also reserve the right to cancel your membership or prohibit your participation in any or all of the site’s activities if you violate any provision of this Agreement or our Privacy Policy.
5. Copyright & Intellectual Property
All Byline Audio content, including downloads and accessible content from other Byline Media Holdings brands like Byline Times, the selection, compilation, arrangement and presentation of all materials, and the overall design of the site are copyrighted by us, and are protected by UK and international laws under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act. While we encourage the sharing of our content via social media sites like Twitter for the purposes of news, education and information, personal, educational or professional use of our content, particularly for profit, without our express prior written permission is strictly prohibited.
Byline Audio, Byline Audio Premium, Byline.tv, Byline TV, BylineTV+, and Byline Books and the corresponding logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Byline Media Holdings Ltd., in the United Kingdom and other foreign countries. Our trademarks may not be used in connection with any product or service without our express written permission.
6. Byline Audio Rules
Byline Audio is designed to offer the public a fair, reliable and honest alternative to mainstream media. Byline Audio plus is a premium subscription service designed to offer perks, such as exclusive content, as a reward for financial support of Byline Audio; as such, we have some ground rules which you must adhere to when using the site.
You agree not to do any of the following:
Threaten staff, contributors, other users or any third party not related to Byline Audio with violence.
Use hateful, abusive, harassing, libelous, or obscene language towards other users.
Post or link to any material that infringes or violates any third party’s copyright, trademark, trade secret, privacy, or other proprietary or property right.
Post or link to any material which promotes illegal activity, could constitute a criminal offence, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any applicable law or regulation.
Use the site to send spam, chain letters, junk mail, or any other type of unsolicited mass email.
Use the site to distribute viruses or other harmful, disruptive, or destructive files.
Use or attempt to use another person’s account.
Disrupt or interfere with the security of, or otherwise abuse, the site, or any servers or networks connected to the site.
Attempt to obtain unauthorised access to the site.
Impersonate another person.
Download, record or otherwise capture with or without intent to distribute premium content except that which is offered for download as a perk.
Share with anyone premium content meant for paying subscribers except with those who are already paying subscribers themselves.
Systematically harvest data from the site, or programmatically register accounts on the site.
Share with any minor any content or materials inappropriate for children, or allow any minor access to such materials.
Attempt to use alternative accounts or aliases to circumnavigate any restrictions placed on your account as a result of rule-breaking.
You further agree that you are responsible for your actions in relation to the site, and for any communications transmitted under your account, including comments and replies to marketing and notification emails; that you will comply with all laws relating to the transmission of technical data or software exported from the United Kingdom; and that you will comply with all applicable local, national and international laws and regulations, including without limitation those related to privacy, data collection, and email creation and delivery.
If it appears you have violated any of these rules, we may, in our sole discretion, remove any offending material or immediately limit or terminate your account.
7. Cancelling Your Account
You can cancel your subscription at any time using the account management features at https://byline.supportingcast.fm/ or by sending an email to info@byline.com. If you like, you may export your order history and receipts before cancelling your subscription. Upon cancelling your subscription, your account will cease to be active at the end of your current billing period. Subscriptions are non-refundable, but if you subscribed in error please contact info@byline.com
To delete your account altogether, please send an email to This is a legally binding contract between you and Byline Media Holdings Ltd, trading as Byline AudioPlease make sure you read it, because it is important. We’ve tried to make it as clear as possible, but we welcome your feedback to info@byline.com if you have suggestions or questions.