diff --git a/contrib/plugins/no_release.py b/contrib/plugins/no_release.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+PLUGIN_NAME = u'No release'
+PLUGIN_AUTHOR = u'Johannes Weißl'
+PLUGIN_DESCRIPTION = '''Do not store specific release information in releases of unknown origin.'''
+PLUGIN_VERSION = '0.1'
+PLUGIN_API_VERSIONS = ['0.15']
+
+from PyQt4 import QtCore, QtGui
+
+from picard.album import Album
+from picard.metadata import register_album_metadata_processor, register_track_metadata_processor
+from picard.ui.options import register_options_page, OptionsPage
+from picard.ui.itemviews import BaseAction, register_album_action
+from picard.config import BoolOption, TextOption
+
+class Ui_NoReleaseOptionsPage(object):
+    def setupUi(self, NoReleaseOptionsPage):
+        NoReleaseOptionsPage.setObjectName('NoReleaseOptionsPage')
+        NoReleaseOptionsPage.resize(394, 300)
+        self.verticalLayout = QtGui.QVBoxLayout(NoReleaseOptionsPage)
+        self.verticalLayout.setObjectName('verticalLayout')
+        self.groupBox = QtGui.QGroupBox(NoReleaseOptionsPage)
+        self.groupBox.setObjectName('groupBox')
+        self.vboxlayout = QtGui.QVBoxLayout(self.groupBox)
+        self.vboxlayout.setObjectName('vboxlayout')
+        self.norelease_enable = QtGui.QCheckBox(self.groupBox)
+        self.norelease_enable.setObjectName('norelease_enable')
+        self.vboxlayout.addWidget(self.norelease_enable)
+        self.label = QtGui.QLabel(self.groupBox)
+        self.label.setObjectName('label')
+        self.vboxlayout.addWidget(self.label)
+        self.horizontalLayout = QtGui.QHBoxLayout()
+        self.horizontalLayout.setObjectName('horizontalLayout')
+        self.norelease_strip_tags = QtGui.QLineEdit(self.groupBox)
+        self.norelease_strip_tags.setObjectName('norelease_strip_tags')
+        self.horizontalLayout.addWidget(self.norelease_strip_tags)
+        self.vboxlayout.addLayout(self.horizontalLayout)
+        self.verticalLayout.addWidget(self.groupBox)
+        spacerItem = QtGui.QSpacerItem(368, 187, QtGui.QSizePolicy.Minimum, QtGui.QSizePolicy.Expanding)
+        self.verticalLayout.addItem(spacerItem)
+
+        self.retranslateUi(NoReleaseOptionsPage)
+        QtCore.QMetaObject.connectSlotsByName(NoReleaseOptionsPage)
+
+    def retranslateUi(self, NoReleaseOptionsPage):
+        self.groupBox.setTitle(QtGui.QApplication.translate('NoReleaseOptionsPage', 'No release', None, QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8))
+        self.norelease_enable.setText(QtGui.QApplication.translate('NoReleaseOptionsPage', _('Enable plugin for all releases by default'), None, QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8))
+        self.label.setText(QtGui.QApplication.translate('NoReleaseOptionsPage', _('Tags to strip (comma-separated)'), None, QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8))
+
+def strip_release_specific_metadata(tagger, metadata):
+    strip_tags = tagger.config.setting['norelease_strip_tags']
+    strip_tags = [tag.strip() for tag in strip_tags.split(',')]
+    for tag in strip_tags:
+        if tag in metadata:
+            del metadata[tag]
+
+class NoReleaseAction(BaseAction):
+    NAME = _('Remove specific release information...')
+    def callback(self, objs):
+        for album in objs:
+            if isinstance(album, Album):
+                strip_release_specific_metadata(self.tagger, album.metadata)
+                for track in album.tracks:
+                    strip_release_specific_metadata(self.tagger, track.metadata)
+                    for file in track.linked_files:
+                        track.update_file_metadata(file)
+                album.update()
+
+class NoReleaseOptionsPage(OptionsPage):
+    NAME = 'norelease'
+    TITLE = 'No release'
+    PARENT = 'plugins'
+
+    options = [
+        BoolOption('setting', 'norelease_enable', False),
+        TextOption('setting', 'norelease_strip_tags', 'asin,barcode,catalognumber,date,label,media,releasecountry,releasestatus'),
+    ]
+
+    def __init__(self, parent=None):
+        super(NoReleaseOptionsPage, self).__init__(parent)
+        self.ui = Ui_NoReleaseOptionsPage()
+        self.ui.setupUi(self)
+
+    def load(self):
+        self.ui.norelease_strip_tags.setText(self.config.setting['norelease_strip_tags'])
+        self.ui.norelease_enable.setChecked(self.config.setting['norelease_enable'])
+
+    def save(self):
+        self.config.setting['norelease_strip_tags'] = unicode(self.ui.norelease_strip_tags.text())
+        self.config.setting['norelease_enable'] = self.ui.norelease_enable.isChecked()
+
+def NoReleaseAlbumProcessor(tagger, metadata, release):
+    if tagger.config.setting['norelease_enable']:
+        strip_release_specific_metadata(tagger, metadata)
+
+def NoReleaseTrackProcessor(tagger, metadata, track, release):
+    if tagger.config.setting['norelease_enable']:
+        strip_release_specific_metadata(tagger, metadata)
+
+register_album_metadata_processor(NoReleaseAlbumProcessor)
+register_track_metadata_processor(NoReleaseTrackProcessor)
+register_album_action(NoReleaseAction())
+register_options_page(NoReleaseOptionsPage)