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<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>About - MetaBrainz Foundation</title> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" /> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /> <link rel="icon" sizes="16x16" href="/static/img/favicon-16.png" type="image/png" /> <link rel="icon" sizes="32x32" href="/static/img/favicon-32.png" type="image/png" /> <link rel="icon" sizes="64x64" href="/static/img/favicon-64.png" type="image/png" /> <link rel="icon" sizes="128x128" href="/static/img/favicon-128.png" type="image/png" /> <link rel="icon" sizes="256x256" href="/static/img/favicon-256.png" type="image/png" /> <link href="/static/dist/main.74d7567b80db6fc908ea.css" rel="stylesheet" media="screen" /> </head> <body> <nav class="navbar navbar-default navbar-static-top MetaBrainz" role="navigation"> <div class="container"> <!-- Brand and toggle get grouped for better mobile display --> <div class="navbar-header"> <button type="button" class="navbar-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#mb-navbar-collapse"> <span class="sr-only">Toggle navigation</span> <span class="icon-bar"></span> <span class="icon-bar"></span> <span class="icon-bar"></span> </button> <a class="navbar-brand logo" href="/"> <img src="/static/img/navbar_logo.svg" alt="MetaBrainz Foundation" /> </a> </div> <!-- Collect the nav links, forms, and other content for toggling --> <div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="mb-navbar-collapse"> <ul class="nav navbar-nav"> <li class="dropdown"> <a class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" href="#">About <span class="caret"></span></a> <ul class="dropdown-menu" role="menu"> <li><a href="/about">The Foundation</a></li> <li><a href="/projects">Projects</a></li> <li><a href="/datasets">Datasets</a></li> <li><a href="/team">Team</a></li> <li><a href="/shop">Shop</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="dropdown"> <a class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" href="#">Policies <span class="caret"></span></a> <ul class="dropdown-menu" role="menu"> <li><a href="/social-contract">Social Contract</a></li> <li><a href="/code-of-conduct">Code of Conduct</a></li> <li><a href="/privacy">Privacy Policy</a></li> <li><a href="/conflict-policy">Conflict Resolution Policy</a></li> <li><a href="/gdpr">GDPR Compliance</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/supporters">Supporters</a></li> <li><a href="/sponsors">Sponsors</a></li> <li class="dropdown"> <a class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" href="#">Reports <span class="caret"></span></a> <ul class="dropdown-menu" role="menu"> <li><a href="/reports/">Archived Annual Reports</a></li> <li><a href="/finances/">Financial Reports</a></li> <li><a href="/donors">Donors</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/donate">Donate</a></li> </ul> <ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right"> <li class="support-link"><a href="/supporters/account-type">Register</a></li> <li><a href="/login">Sign in</a></li> </ul></div> </div> </nav> <div class="container"> <h1 class="page-title"><img src="/static/img/logos/metabrainz.svg" class="hidden-xs"></h1> <h2 class="page-title">About the MetaBrainz Foundation</h2> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-9"> <p> The MetaBrainz Foundation is a global community creating and maintaining an open encyclopedia of music and arts metadata. Beginning as a resource for music collectors we currently establish collaborations between volunteers, artists, and industry leaders. Since it鈥檚 founding it has grown into a global community of <a href="https://musicbrainz.org/statistics/editors">hundreds of thousands of editors</a> collaborating together to build and maintain the MetaBrainz comprehensive datasets. </p> <p> The foundation works within a balanced ecosystem of contributions to the datasets and community and the utilization of the datasets. We encourage all data supporters to participate in the data gathering, editing and peer review processes so that our data can be as comprehensive as possible. Each entity is assigned a permanent <a href="https://musicbrainz.org/doc/MusicBrainz_Identifier">MBID (MusicBrainz Identifier)</a> in order to facilitate the creation of a reliable and unambiguous universal lingua franca for music data. MBID鈥檚 have opened the possibility of boundless search queries, exceeding the seven traditional identifiers for music data and truly putting knowledge at one's fingertips. Our community aggregated data sets are verified and edited by a global voting system to ensure the data is consistent and correct. We collect information about as many different styles and types of arts and music as possible and do not discriminate when compiling data. </p> <p> The foundation was founded in 2004 by Robert Kaye, in San Luis Obispo, California and is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit. <a href="https://metabrainz.org/supporters">Commercial supporters</a> are asked to contribute financially in order to help fund our family of projects, and give back to our community to keep our ecosystem healthy. Non-commercial use of our data remains free, and we are committed to keeping it free to utilize. We are also supported by donations and a number of <a href="https://metabrainz.org/sponsors">sponsors</a> who provide funds in order for the foundation to continue to accomplish various project goals. The MetaBrainz Foundation believes in <a href="https://metabrainz.org/finances/">transparent finances,</a> which are published quarterly. </p> </div> </div> <h3>Board of Directors</h3> Our board of directors consists of: <ul> <li>Director Nick Ashton-Hart, Executive Director of the <a href="http://www.internet-ecosystem.org/people">Internet & Digital Ecosystem Alliance</a></li> <li>Director <a href="http://paulbennun.com/">Paul Bennun</a> is the Chief Content Officer at <a href="https://kcrw.org/">KCRW</a>, Los Angeles</li> <li>Director <a href="http://craphound.com/">Cory Doctorow</a>, Sci-Fi author and editor of the <a href="https://boingboing.net/">Boing Boing</a> weblog</li> <li>Director <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pub/matthew-hawn/8/b74/8a">Matthew Hawn</a> of <a href="https://www.audionetwork.com/">Audio Network</a></li> <li>Director & Treasurer <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/rassamih">Rassami Hok Ljungberg</a> of the <a href="http://www.music4point5.com/">Music 4.5 seminar series</a> put on by <a href="http://2pears.com/">2 Pears</a></li> <li>Executive Director <a href="http://mayhem.cat/">Robert Kaye</a> of the MetaBrainz Foundation</li> <li>Director <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/hazelrebeccasavage/">Hazel Savage</a> of <a href="https://soundcloud.com">SoundCloud</a></li> <li>Secretary <a href="https://musicbrainz.org/user/reosarevok">Nicol谩s Tamargo</a>, Junior Software Engineer at MetaBrainz Foundation</li> </ul> <p> <h3>Officers</h3> The officers of this company are: <ul> <li>President Robert Kaye</li> <li>Treasurer <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/rassamih">Rassami Hok Ljungberg</a></li> <li>Secretary <a href="https://musicbrainz.org/user/reosarevok">Nicol谩s Tamargo</a>, Junior Software Engineer at MetaBrainz Foundation</li> </ul> <hr /> <div class="footer"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-2"> <div class="title"><a href="/about">Foundation</a></div> <ul> <li><a href="/projects">Projects</a></li> <li><a href="/datasets">Datasets</a></li> <li><a href="/team">Team</a></li> <li><a href="/shop">Shop</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="col-sm-2"> <div class="title"><a href="/about">Policies</a></div> <ul> <li><a href="/social-contract">Social Contract</a></li> <li><a href="/code-of-conduct">Code of Conduct</a></li> <li><a href="/privacy">Privacy Policy</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="col-sm-2"> <div class="title"><a href="/finances/">Finances</a></div> <ul> <li><a href="/reports/">Archived Annual Reports</a></li> <li><a href="/donors">Donors</a></li> <li><a href="/sponsors">Sponsors</a></li> <li><a href="/supporters">Supporters</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="col-sm-2"> <div class="title"><a href="/supporters">Supporters</a></div> <ul> <li><a href="/login">Sign in</a></li> <li><a href="/profile">Access your account</a></li> <li><a href="/api/">API</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="col-sm-4"> <div class="title"><a href="/contact">Contact us</a></div> <ul> <li><a href="https://blog.metabrainz.org/category/metabrainz/">Blog</a></li> <li><a href="https://musicbrainz.org/doc/Communication/ChatBrainz">Chat</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/MetaBrainz">Twitter/X</a></li> <li><a href="https://mastodon.social/@metabrainz">Mastodon</a></li> <li><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/metabrainz.org">Bluesky</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/MetaBrainz/">Instagram</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="lower-footer"> Sponsored by <a href="https://www.google.com/">Google</a> and <a href="/sponsors">others…</a> </div> </div> </div> <script src="/static/js/lib/jquery-2.1.1.min.js"></script> <script src="/static/js/lib/bootstrap.min.js"></script> </body> </html>