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

"David Hyman"?

[bani]

... what an unfortunate last name ...

Probably gets a lot of snickers behind his back, like people who work at Siemens get...

+1 NOT redundant on the MQR standard

[MarkusQ]

Gracenote is Rambus (Score:2)
by Nailer on 3:01 08 January 2002 (#2802924)
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Anyone else see the parallels?

How is this redundant? No one else has said anything remotely similar. I know--I just read all the points. I'd give you back a point of karma you lost if I had any mod points, but alas I do not.

-- MarkusQ

Re:+1 NOT redundant on the MQR standard

[jonr]

True, it seems that a lot of newbies are getting mod points lately. Then they just spread them out without thinking. Please people, when you get the 'honour' of mod-points, go and read the guidelines before starting... :)

J:

Works?

[BLKMGK]

Umm, there are a few people running WIN2K who have had MASSIVE problems even after a supposed fix was released. While this software used to be considered cream of the crop it would seem that Nero is coming on strong - for a LOWER price. Users of EX-CD were forced to pay upgrades for WIN2K and now for XP, Roxio is shooting themselves in the foot. A quick search yielded this thread which seems to confirm this.

http://www.devhood.com/messages/message_view-2.a sp x?thread_id=1502

Now that they've done this deal with GraceNote I'm certainly less than thrilled with them. Nero will probably be my next purchase if HotBurn Pro and CloneCD don't continue to fullfill my needs. Hrm, and this DMCA crap with CloneCD sux but I guess it makes a point...