Metadata is the biggest little problem plaguing the music industry

Re:Metadata is the biggest little problem plaguing the music... by Mbaqanga on Friday May 31, 2019 @06:23AM (#20059637)

I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that the label’s metadata is always present and accurate. Labels have been screwing artists for over a century.

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Re:Metadata is the biggest little problem plaguing the music... by zimpenfish on Friday May 31, 2019 @06:32AM (#20059677)

Having recently dealt with data from music labels, I can sadly assure you that it isn't always accurate. But they get enough money as it is, they're not going to spend extra on internal data hygiene...

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Re:Metadata is the biggest little problem plaguing the music... by tmd83 on Sunday June 02, 2019 @07:19AM (#20074786)

Ohh it's accurate in the sense that it records who is the owner, the record label. On the other hand fixing the artists and others metadata is only needed to pay off others which only reduces their profit. If they needed the correctness for getting paid themselves you can bet anything that the metadata would have been correct.

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Re:Metadata is the biggest little problem plaguing the music... by zimpenfish on Sunday June 02, 2019 @03:00PM (#20077289)

> Ohh it's accurate in the sense that it records who is the owner, the record label.

Oh, you'd be amazed...

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Re:Metadata is the biggest little problem plaguing the music... by ambicapter on Sunday June 02, 2019 @12:11AM (#20073431)

Industry rule #4080: Record company people are shady...[0]

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQT2DfzpCLA&t=2m54s

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Re:Metadata is the biggest little problem plaguing the music... by alex_c on Sunday June 02, 2019 @01:10AM (#20073588)

>the label’s metadata is always present and accurate

Based on my tangential experience with this part of the industry... it absolutely is not.

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