[mb-users] The major label merge-athon.

[Arty Lee Smokes]

Hi all,

http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/Label states that "An imprint is (strictly, 
and nothing more than) a brand (and trademark) associated with the 
marketing of sound recordings (an imprint is not a company)."
It is my current understanding that releases on MBz should be sorted 
into *imprints*, rather than the current set of (arbitrary) national 
branches of companies for things like Mecury, Island, Polydor (all 
currently owned by UMG). For this reason, I am proposing to break my 
previous habit of breaking labels up into national branches (as per 
Discogs), and instead merging them into the overall name of the imprint.
The merging will mean that some release events will look a little odd 
until disambiguatory comments are updated. "Polydor UK (UK releases 
only)" will soon include all international branches of Polydor, for 
example, so please bear with me, or - even better - help with this 
project but tidying up any glaring "errors".
Being naturally disorganised, I'm starting with the ransom choice of 
Island Records. Maybe I'll write a progress report if I can work out how 
to set up a wikidoc. ;)
Hopefully these edits will make MBz a lot less prone to mis-filing of 
label releases, and will eventually mean the hierarchy of major labels 
is a lot easier to understand.
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Cheers, Arty.