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<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>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">  <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>  <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"> <div id="homepage"> <h2 class="page-title">Welcome to MetaBrainz!</h2> <div id="intro"> <p> The MetaBrainz Foundation is a non-profit that believes in free, open access to data. It has been set up to build community maintained databases and make them available in the public domain or under Creative Commons licenses. </p> <p> Our data is mostly gathered by volunteers and verified by peer review to ensure it is consistent and correct. All <a href="/supporters/account-type">non-commercial use</a> of this data is free, but <a href="/supporters/account-type">commercial supporters</a> are asked to <a href="/supporters/account-type">support us</a> in order to help fund the project. We encourage all data supporters to contribute to the data gathering process so that our data can be as comprehensive as possible. </p> <p> To find out more about our datasets, please take a look at our <a href="/datasets"> datasets page</a>. </p> </div> <div class="metaCarousel"> <div id="projects-carousel" class="carousel slide" data-pause="hover" data-ride="carousel"> <div class="carousel-inner" role="listbox"> <div class="item active"> <a href="https://musicbrainz.org/"> <img src="/static/img/logos/musicbrainz.svg" /> </a> <div class="caption"> An open music encyclopedia that collects music metadata and makes it available to the public<br /> <em>Sign up to use the <a href="/supporters/account-type">Live Data Feed</a></em> </div> </div> <div class="item"> <a href="https://picard.musicbrainz.org/"> <img src="/static/img/logos/picard.svg" /> </a> <div class="caption"> A cross-platform music tagger </div> </div> <div class="item"> <a href="https://bookbrainz.org/"> <img src="/static/img/logos/bookbrainz.svg" /> </a> <div class="caption"> An open encyclopedia which contains information about published literature </div> </div> <div class="item"> <a href="https://listenbrainz.org/"> <img src="/static/img/logos/listenbrainz.svg" /> </a> <div class="caption"> An open record of user listening habits </div> </div> <div class="item"> <a href="https://critiquebrainz.org/"> <img src="/static/img/logos/critiquebrainz.svg" /> </a> <div class="caption"> A repository for Creative Commons licensed music and book reviews </div> </div> <div class="item"> <a href="https://coverartarchive.org/"> <img src="/static/img/logos/coverartarchive.svg" /> </a> <div class="caption"> A repository of music cover art that is freely and easily accessible </div> </div> </div> <a class="left carousel-control" href="#projects-carousel" role="button" data-slide="prev"> <span class="icon-prev" aria-hidden="true"></span> <span class="sr-only">Previous</span> </a> <a class="right carousel-control" href="#projects-carousel" role="button" data-slide="next"> <span class="icon-next" aria-hidden="true"></span> <span class="sr-only">Next</span> </a> </div> </div> <div id="more-intro"> <p> The MetaBrainz Foundation believes in <a href="/finances/"> transparent finances</a> and is supported by <a href="/donate">end user donations</a> and a number of <a href="/sponsors">sponsors</a> who provide funds in order for the foundation to accomplish its goals. 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