Gracenote v. Roxio CDDB Suit Settled

An anonymous reader writes with this update: "As reported via the usual sources, Roxio announced today that the lawsuit (read all about it on slashdot) with gracenote has been settled. To fresh up your memory: Gracenote ('cddb') sued Roxio because they switched from cddb to freedb for identification of audio CDs. Discussion on slashdot was active, especially questioning if gracenote really owned the titles. David Hyman, Gracenote CEO, added, 'We look forward to a long and mutually successful relationship between our companies through this new license for intellectual property and current and advanced music recognition services.' End of quote. Do I need say more than 'corporate lawyers'?"

Comments

Re:This is a defeat

[johnburton]

"Roxio, Inc. (Nasdaq:ROXI), the Digital Media Company, and Gracenote today announced the signing of a multi-year license that provides Gracenote CDDB as the exclusive CD recognition service to current and future Roxio customers ..."

Hmm. I'm a Roxio customer and Gracenote CDDB certainly isn't an exclusive cd recognition service to me. I don't think they yet have the power to agree to that on my behalf.

What more to say

[Anonymous Coward]

Do I need say more than 'corporate lawyers'?"

"must die"

Rimjobs all around

[Anonymous Coward]

Methinks that the gracenote cockgankers will be snorting coke of the finest buttox 2nite.

Re:that ever annoying cddb

[Alan Partridge]

so YOU'RE the reason why the CDDB database is so full of misspelled nsync albums...

Re:In other words

[abe ferlman]

Ok Neville Chamberlain :)

We will fight them in our cd players and our laptops. We will fight them in our car stereos and our boomboxes. We will fight them in our hifi equipment; We shall never surrender!

:0

(cue Aces High riff...)

Does all of this even matter?

[nick_danger]

I mean, with more and more CD's being released in a "won't play on my computer" format, what good is having an on-line database for content that you can't play anyway?