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by rajbot 591 days ago
https://musicbrainz.org/doc/MusicBrainz_Identifier

> One of MusicBrainz' aims is to be the universal lingua franca for music by providing a reliable and unambiguous form of music identification; this music identification is performed through the use of MusicBrainz Identifiers (MBIDs).
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rldjbpin 590 days ago
used it for a project a few years back and it does the job if you listen to music mostly made in the english-speaking world.

the complications with the same song appearing in multiple albums (including compilations) would give weird results sometimes, but it is totally useable if you only care about finding basic information.

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toomuchtodo 591 days ago
A damn shame they want $5k for mbid.org
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volteret4 591 days ago
Could you tell me who? I love MBID but didnt read about that. Thanks in advance
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toomuchtodo 590 days ago
Whomever has listed it at GoDaddy when you land on the domain in a browser.

https://www.godaddy.com/forsale/mbid.org

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