This English translation is provided for convenience. The German Terms (AGB) remain the authoritative version.
§ 1 Scope and provider
These Terms apply to the use of Beatzucker, a service provided by Michael Clas, Plaidter Str. 31, 56648 Saffig, Germany (“Provider”). They apply to consumers and businesses. During registration, the Terms are linked and can be saved or printed.
Public analysis tools may be available without an account. Online mastering, history and account-related features require registration.
§ 2 Services
Beatzucker provides automated audio mastering and supplementary audio tools. These include technical analysis, adaptive DSP processing, manual adjustment followed by rendering, reference comparison and time-limited export and download functions. Available formats and parameters are shown in the relevant interface.
The service is currently free of charge. Voluntary donations through an external payment provider are not required for use and do not create a right to additional features.
No specific artistic, commercial or platform-specific success is promised. Measurements, platform forecasts and recommendations are technical guidance and do not replace the User's own listening checks.
§ 3 User account and security
Users must provide a reachable email address. An optional name need not be a legal name, but must not infringe third-party rights or be misleading. Credentials must be kept confidential. Suspected misuse must be reported promptly to info@re-beatz.com.
The Provider may temporarily suspend accounts for material or repeated violations, security risks or abusive use. Before permanent suspension, the User will generally be informed of the reason and possible remedy, unless security, abuse-prevention or legal reasons prevent this. Review may be requested through the contact address.
The account can be deleted at any time in account settings. The Privacy Policy describes the technical consequences.
§ 4 Uploaded content and rights
The User confirms that they hold the necessary rights to uploaded audio and other content. Prohibited content and conduct include unlawful material, malware, abusive automated access and uploads infringing copyright, personality, privacy or other third-party rights.
The User grants the Provider only the rights technically and temporally necessary to store, analyse and process the file and provide the result to them. Nothing is published. The Provider acquires no copyright in the audio or mastering result.
Uploads are automatically checked for file type, size and technical processability. There is no prior content review or public moderation. Upon specific notice of illegality, the Provider may restrict or remove content and take legally required measures. Reports identifying the content and explaining the issue may be sent to info@re-beatz.com.
§ 5 Fair use
Technical size, frequency and usage limits apply to protect against abuse and overload, currently including a daily mastering limit per account. Limits displayed in the interface form part of the service description. Circumventing limits, creating multiple accounts for that purpose, and automated load or attack testing without prior permission are prohibited.
§ 6 File availability and own backups
Originals remain on the server only temporarily for analysis, preview and manual editing. Master outputs remain available for exactly 24 hours after completion, are then blocked and deleted during the next technical cleanup. Details are in the Privacy Policy.
The User must download the result within the displayed window and make their own backup. Beatzucker is not a permanent audio archive. There is no entitlement to renewed provision of an expired file.
§ 7 Privacy and external services
Personal data is processed as described in the Privacy Policy. It explains, in particular, DomainFactory hosting, the strictly necessary session cookie, optional Google sign-in and transactional email delivery through Resend, including possible third-country transfers.
§ 9 Liability
The Provider has unlimited liability for intent and gross negligence, culpable injury to life, limb or health, under the German Product Liability Act, for fraudulent concealment of a defect, and to the extent of an expressly assumed guarantee.
For a slightly negligent breach of a material contractual obligation, liability is limited to the foreseeable damage typical for the contract at the time it was concluded. Material obligations are those whose fulfilment makes proper performance possible and on which the User may regularly rely. Liability for other slight negligence is excluded. These rules also apply to legal representatives and agents.
The User remains responsible for backing up originals and downloading results in time. The mandatory liability cases above remain unaffected.
§ 10 Governing law, cancellation and dispute resolution
German law applies, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. For consumers, this choice of law applies only insofar as it does not deprive them of mandatory protection in their country of habitual residence. Exclusive jurisdiction in Koblenz is agreed only with merchants, legal entities under public law and special funds under public law.
As a precaution, consumers are granted a 14-day right to cancel as described in the Cancellation Policy. A prominent online cancellation function is available there.
The Provider is neither obliged nor willing to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board. Following a specific unresolved consumer dispute, any information required by law will be provided in text form.
§ 11 Changes to the service and Terms
Changes may be made for valid reasons, particularly changes in law, security requirements, abuse prevention, technical development, or discontinuation of functions that are no longer technically or economically reasonable. Changes must not unreasonably shift the contractual balance to the User's disadvantage.
Material adverse changes will be announced by email at least 30 days in advance. The User may terminate the free relationship and delete the account before they take effect. Silence does not constitute consent where express consent is required. Mandatory rights concerning changes to digital products remain unaffected.
If an individual provision is invalid, statutory law applies in its place; the remainder of the agreement remains effective.