Is it legal to display audio files of singers

Question

recently i developed application for ios and android. it allows users to upload audio files from their own storage to server . and i have tab into my app for displaying those audios files . most of files like songs and Dj music .. etc .. does it legal if i upload it on google play store and appstore ? Or is this considered copyright infringement?

Answer 1

You will be liable for copyright infringement even if it is a user-generated content.

Even if you didn't share copyrighted content or share trademark-infringing content yourself, you may be held responsible if other people do so on your server/app.

From Google Play Console agreement

We also don’t allow apps that encourage or induce infringement of intellectual property rights.

People could report each audio file separately, and your whole app as a 'a tool bypasses copyright technological protection measures'

Answer 2

You might want to set some terms in you EULA, like, the user have to ensure that they own the full copyright of the audio they upload, and the user grants you to do whatever you want to do with your app. And you need to set a copyright complaint module in your own website and delete what's in your server when anyone claim copyright to any audio in your website