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The MetaBrainz Foundation is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit based in San Luis Obispo, California, that operates the MusicBrainz project. |
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The MetaBrainz Foundation |
The MetaBrainz Foundation was founded in December 2004 to provide a legal entity for the MusicBrainz project to operate under. |
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The creation of the non-profit does not change the goals of the MusicBrainz project in any shape. The project will continue its mission, but now with a solid legal footing required of a project that is growing and taking on more donors and customers. All financial information of the MusicBrainz project will now be listed on this site. |
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The MetaBrainz Foundation continues the MusicBrainz tradition of transparent finances and will hopefully continue to be cashflow positive as MusicBrainz has managed for its entire existance before incorporation. Like MusicBrainz, the MetaBrainz Foundation continues to collect donations from the general public. The non-profit offers licenses of the MusicBrainz live data-feed for commercial use, in order to support further development of the MusicBrainz system. Our customers page lists our customers who have taken a license to the MusicBrainz data. |
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== Board of Directors == |
== Board of Directors == |
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Our board of directors consists of: |
Our board of directors consists of: |
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*Director Cory Doctorow, Sci-Fi author and editor of the Boing Boing weblog |
*Director [http://craphound.com/ Cory Doctorow], Sci-Fi author and editor of the [http://boingboing.net/ Boing Boing] weblog |
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*Executive Director Robert Kaye of the MetaBrainz Foundation |
*Executive Director [http://mayhem-chaos.net/ Robert Kaye] of the MetaBrainz Foundation |
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*Director Derek Sivers formerly of CD Baby |
*Director [http://dereksivers.com/ Derek Sivers] formerly of [http://www.cdbaby.com/ CD Baby] |
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*Director Carol Smith of |
*Director Carol Smith of [http://google.com Google] |
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*Director Brian Zisk of the Future of Music Coalition |
*Director [http://brianzisk.com/ Brian Zisk] of the [http://futureofmusic.org/ Future of Music Coalition] |
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*Director Emeritus Lawrence Lessig of Stanford Law School and Creative Commons |
*Director Emeritus [http://lessig.org/ Lawrence Lessig] of [http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/ Stanford Law School] and [http://creativecommons.org/ Creative Commons] |
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*Director Emeritus Joichi Ito of Neoteny Co. Ltd. |
*Director Emeritus [http://joi.ito.com/ Joichi Ito] of [http://www.neoteny.com/ Neoteny Co. Ltd.] |
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== Officers == |
== Officers == |
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The officers of this company are: |
The officers of this company are: |
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*President Robert Kaye of the MetaBrainz Foundation |
*President [http://mayhem-chaos.net/ Robert Kaye] of the MetaBrainz Foundation |
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*Treasurer and secretary Carol Smith of Google |
*Treasurer and secretary Carol Smith of [http://google.com Google] |
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Revision as of 04:23, 8 November 2011
The MetaBrainz Foundation is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit based in San Luis Obispo, California, that operates the MusicBrainz project.
The MetaBrainz Foundation was founded in December 2004 to provide a legal entity for the MusicBrainz project to operate under.
The MetaBrainz Foundation believes in transparent finances.
Board of Directors
Our board of directors consists of:
- Director Cory Doctorow, Sci-Fi author and editor of the Boing Boing weblog
- Executive Director Robert Kaye of the MetaBrainz Foundation
- Director Derek Sivers formerly of CD Baby
- Director Carol Smith of Google
- Director Brian Zisk of the Future of Music Coalition
and
- Director Emeritus Lawrence Lessig of Stanford Law School and Creative Commons
- Director Emeritus Joichi Ito of Neoteny Co. Ltd.
Officers
The officers of this company are:
- President Robert Kaye of the MetaBrainz Foundation
- Treasurer and secretary Carol Smith of Google
