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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 weeks ago (8 children)

Ok, serious question. Why is it normally read/write? I’ve always treated it as being read only.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

My most frequent use case of the IA in general is the Cover Art Archive, and I frequently upload cover art for albums to the CAA via MusicBrainz. That's how I discovered the IA was down, when an upload failed.

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