[mb-users] Re: Re: Clean vs. Explicit versions

[Brian Schweitzer]

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> Brian, Chad said explicitly "same PUIDs and same durations". So admitting
> whole releases such as these exist (all tracks are identical in length and
> PUIDs but differ in the audible content), what should we do?
>

Yes, but that's my point...  If we really had 2 releases, one explicit, one
clean, and we had
  * identical tracklists, and
  * each track had an identical length, and
  * verifiably correct puids, and
  * each puid is attached the respective matching track-pair was identical,
but
  * the clean and explicit tracks are audibly different
Then I would agree.

However, that premise is, as I see it, possible in a theoretical sense
only.  The point where it breaks is in the puids.  If there is an audible
distinction of the degree that a clean vs explicit version would entail,
then it is theoretically impossible that each of the 2 tracks would have the
same puid.  That's why I'd asked earlier if anyone had an example where this
wasn't the case - there cannot be such a case.  The puid for each version
would be different.

That said, then, if we're talking the theoretical case above, then sure,
merge them.  But as that's an impossible case to actually happen, if we're
talking about the real world case where we have:

  * identical tracklists, and
  * each track had an identical length, and
  * verifiably correct puids, and
  * the clean and explicit tracks are audibly different, and
  * each puid is attached to the respective matching track, BUT
  * the puid for the clean version does not match the puid for the explicit
version.

Then I say no, the two ought not to be merged.

Brian
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