PickiPedia:Release Types

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For the purposes of the PickiPedia ecosystem, including Rabbithole, Revealer, and Chartifacts, we recognize a few different stages of release for a recording, whether a studio or live recording.

Leaks

A leak is a release with no public announcement or acknowledgement of intent to release the recording. Discussion and encyclopedia information, including source links, are appropriate. Direct upload of leaks is off-topic and not allowed, though embeds of third-party DRM-free sources is allowed.

Pending Releases

Pending releases are those that are released to centralized streaming services, but which have not yet been directly released by the artist or their representative in a DRM-free format.

We view pending releases identically to releases that are direct-to-radio with no media release available.

The term "Pending Release" was coined by Skyler Golden; we also sometimes use the phrase "partial release" or "impaired release".

Pending releases are not eligible for Rabbithole or Chartifacts, but may be used with Revealer, under the condition that a successful reveal results in a Full Release.


Full Releases

Full releases are those released directly by an artist or their representative in a DRM-free format with reasonable license and terms. For example, a DRM-free release where the only official source is gatekept by a 1000USD payment is still a Pending Release per our guidelines.

Full Releases may also be accompanied by a DRM-impaired streaming release; this does not preclude the record from being regarded as fully released.

Full Releases are eligible for Revealer, and can be eligible for Rabbithole and Chartifacts if an appropriate DRM-free format is provided and maintained in an unlimited embeddable medium by the artist or their representative.

Permanent Releases

Permanent Releases are releases licensed by the recording artist or their representative with any Creative Commons-compatible license. The release doesn't need to be paired with a specific CC license; a plain-english description of the license such as the one used by Sam Grisman Project is acceptable.

Permanent Releases are eligible for, and permissionlessly compatible with, Rabbithole, Revealer, and Chartifacts. We suggest that Chartifacts releases meet one of the following criteria:

  • A release compatible with CC0, CC-BY, or CC-BY-SA, or
  • A DRM-free embeddable format is provided directly and cryptographically signed by the artist or their representative
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