[mb-bugs] [MusicBrainz Bug Tracker] #3950: some ideas for plugins

[MusicBrainz Bug Tracker]

#3950: some ideas for plugins
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  Reporter:  MeinDummy                           |       Owner:               
      Type:  enhancement                         |      Status:  new          
  Priority:  normal                              |   Milestone:               
 Component:  Picard Tagger                       |     Version:  Picard 0.10.0
Resolution:                                      |    Keywords:               
   Browser:  Netscape, Firefox, Mozilla (Gecko)  |          Os:               
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Comment (by voiceinsideyou):

 MD - you need to consider that Picard is an MB product so is subject to
 the same legal obligations regarding cover art as is the website. I don't
 think it would be kosher to have arbitrary cover art downloading for
 various sources. You also need to realise that the point of Picard is to
 get core data from MB Server itself; i.e. those sources officially allowed
 at http://musicbrainz.org/doc/CoverArtSites

 As far as I'm aware, the world does not work on a basis whereby you can
 legally write applications that scrape images from random sources as you
 choose.

 And are there any open, legal sources that actually have back/CD cover art
 in a programmable, accessible way that aren't commercial? I don't think
 cover-paradies is remotely legitimate, as useful as it is. Maybe
 Discogs.... although not sure how happy they'd be about us using them for
 cover art!

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Ticket URL: <http://bugs.musicbrainz.org/ticket/3950#comment:5>
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