Research Seminars

MusicBrainz: Tearing Down Walled Gardens in the Music Industry

Robert Kaye
Founder and lead developer for MusicBrainz,
and President and Executive Director of the MetaBrainz Foundation

Friday 1st June 2007, 4:00pm, Room 105

Abstract

Robert Kaye will talk about MusicBrainz, and open source/data project to build a music encyclopedia that actively works to create a music metadata commons on the Internet. The seminar will cover the future of MusicBrainz and MetaBrainz Foundation and how MusicBrainz aims to establish a Lingua Franca for unambiguous communication about music. Find out how MusicBrainz and MusicIP create a level playing field that allows everyone to participate in efficient communication and classification of music.