Preview licensing explained in plain language
People ask whether GuessBeat “has Spotify.” The honest answer: we request short previews and metadata from providers that expose them for identification-style use cases.
What a preview is
A preview is a short audio (or embeddable video) snippet tied to a catalog track. It is designed for discovery and recognition — not for replacing a paid stream of the full recording.
What GuessBeat does
- Plays short previews during quiz rounds.
- Shows titles, artists, and artwork metadata returned by catalog APIs.
- Respects availability: no preview means that track usually will not appear.
What GuessBeat does not do
- Offer full-track downloads or offline libraries.
- Claim affiliation with Spotify, Apple, Deezer, YouTube, or others.
- Grant you rights to rehost audio elsewhere.
Deep dive: Music previews & licensing · legal: Third-party music.