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Is it possible to decouple the dependency on Last.fm, in case they shutdown their API? If it is possible I will consider making a bid.[1] Can you also upload your analytics? How many 'core users' are left?

[1] Probably just going to let it sit there if I do get to buy it. I buy abandoned side projects because I feel sad seeing web services becoming unavailable.

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That's very noble of you.

It's definitely possible, but you're always going to need a provider for song metadata (album art, album name, artist details etc). If you move from last.fm you'd have to find someone else to provide the corresponding data.

I would suggest Discogs. They have full data dumps with this information http://www.discogs.com/data/

Or musicbrainz http://musicbrainz.org/

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