PLATFORM TRANSPARENCY
HOW CHOONEY USES SOUNDCLOUD
Chooney is a discovery companion for DJs. It helps people find relevant public tracks, hear permitted previews, save discoveries and continue to the original track on SoundCloud.
Public catalogue discovery
Chooney requests public track information through official SoundCloud services. The product displays track titles, uploader information, artwork and links back to the corresponding SoundCloud page.
Preview playback
When SoundCloud makes a permitted preview available, Chooney plays it directly from the provider’s infrastructure. Previews are limited to short listening windows intended to help a DJ decide whether to explore the track further.
What Chooney does not do
- Chooney does not download, copy or rehost SoundCloud audio.
- Chooney does not remove attribution or replace links to SoundCloud.
- Chooney does not claim ownership of artists’ music or artwork.
- Chooney does not send SoundCloud content to an AI service.
- Chooney does not currently import a listener’s private SoundCloud account data or likes.
Recommendations
Chooney’s ranking is based on the listener’s selected genres, saved artists and tracks, and skipped artists. These are transparent preference signals; SoundCloud audio is not used to train a machine-learning model.
Respect for artists and platforms
Chooney is designed to lead discovery back to the services and creators behind the music. Provider destinations are clearly identified, and listeners can open the original track on SoundCloud.
Developer contact
SoundCloud and platform-review questions can be sent to Chooney at admin@chooney.com.au.