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but i admit, i hadn't actually looked at the release in question and seeing it now, i'm a bit less confident

although, changing the existing release would've been controversial anyway, and it's easier to merge than to disentangle, so eh

damn those digital stores that allow the artist to just change all information whenever they feel like it without any history

wanted to ask something about release labels, so as per the docs for special purpose labels, it is true that some music services like Spotify requires a label field even if it's self-publishing right?

because i have a gut feeling that this label specifically made for YOASOBI is actually just self-publishing, https://musicbrainz.org/label/48079762-3271-49a...

there's no imprints, and it's been digital releases so far

intrnl: this is a point of some contention

intrnl: my perspective differs from others, I prefer there to be a legal entity, or some indication that the entity exists beyond self publishing to streaming sites (even a bandcamp for the "label" or a twitter account or etc.)

intrnl: but it's a fair critique that many "labels" that do have a bandcamp or other social media do not have a legal entity

whatever is going on there with (48.0kHz/24bit) and so on is probably wrong too, fwiw.

unless there's clarity that there's actually a deliberate different mastering for the higher res files, they should not be a distinct recording or release.

interesting in this case that there's different barcodes..

yeah, I am not-unsympathetic to that view...

but often the only indication that they intend to make a label for themselves is that their "label" credit on spotify etc. has a name different from their artist name.

if there would be an actual legal entity, wouldn't there be an <artist name> Inc. or similar in the (c) and (p) instead of just <artist name> on Spotify?

what if the legal entity shares a name with the artist :)

ROpdebee: probably. but as chaban's ticket shows: our documentation doesnt actually say clearly what the *right* way of doing it is either

PICARD-700: Adding new tag "albumartists"

Could someone approve this edit as I forgot to sync the change to the recordings: https://musicbrainz.org/edit/79681470