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Robert Kaye

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type: person
works on: governance
tradition: media, open knowledge
born: 1970 [?]
died: Feb 2026 [?]
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wikidata: Q15094827

American programmer who founded MusicBrainz in 2000 as an open alternative to CDDB, and led it and the MetaBrainz Foundation until his death in 2026.

founded

MetaBrainz Foundation organization 2004 [src]
MusicBrainz project 2000 [src]

[?] Unconfirmed

end: Wikidata gives 20 February 2026 and Mixxx's obituary 21 February; MetaBrainz announced it on 24 February.
start: Year of birth from Wikidata only.

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