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https://musicbrainz.org/doc/MusicBrainz_Identifier

> One of MusicBrainz' aims is to be the universal lingua franca for music by providing a reliable and unambiguous form of music identification; this music identification is performed through the use of MusicBrainz Identifiers (MBIDs).

A damn shame they want $5k for mbid.org

Could you tell me who? I love MBID but didnt read about that. Thanks in advance

Whomever has listed it at GoDaddy when you land on the domain in a browser.

https://www.godaddy.com/forsale/mbid.org

used it for a project a few years back and it does the job if you listen to music mostly made in the english-speaking world.

the complications with the same song appearing in multiple albums (including compilations) would give weird results sometimes, but it is totally useable if you only care about finding basic information.

Yes, the International Standard Recording Code (ISRC): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Recordi...

I don't know how to look up music with a known ISRC, though.

The DOI equivalent for audio and video is also DOI. Good luck getting the industry to use them.