So, after thinking/talking about it a bit here's a short proposal:
- Remove publisher type entirely. It's not useful as the main goal seems to be to distinguish albums which are made up of (or contain) fan-arranges from those that aren't. It's also a difficult thing to determine at times (as there is no one definition of indie/commercial/etc.)
- Add a check box for designating albums as bootlegs.
- Split the 'arrange' classification into 'arrange' and 'fan-arrange'.
- Arrange (or official-arrange): Arranges endorsed/published by the rights holders (such as this) or arrangements by the original composer (such as this.)
- Fan-arrange (or unofficial-arrange): Arranges that aren't endorsed by the rights holders.
This still isn't a perfect solution as there is still some gray area with albums like
this where it's unknown whether endorsement from the rights holders was obtained.
Thoughts, feedback, glaring issues?