[mb-users] Discogs data becoming open shortly - API

[Chris B]

FYI, the restrictions on usage have been removed - it's now under a
public domain license: http://www.discogs.com/help/api

an 'import from discogs' tool would be useful!

On 20/08/2007, Chris B <chris at whenironsattack.com> wrote:
> http://www.discogs.com/help/api
> http://www.discogs.com/help/license.html
>  http://www.discogs.com/help/attribution
>
> however, the killer caveat being "No Derivatives. You may not alter,
> transform, or build upon the Discogs Database. Any additions or
> modifications that the licensee desires must be made to the Discogs Database
> at the Discogs website, http://www.discogs.com. After additions or changes
> have been made there, licensee should then download a new copy of the
> Discogs Database, in whole or in part, for their continued use."
>
> so i'm not sure what use we could make of this, since more or less
> everything coming into MBz needs to be changed/reformatted somehow due to
> the various guidelines. perhaps there could be a way of using the API to
> 'fill in the blanks' on MBz releases that haven't had, for example, release
> info entered by users, but have had a discogs URL AR'd.
>
> they also have plans to include images to the API, which might be useful
> (though i presume the API would send images, but not hotlink them).
>