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

i'm a stupid idiot

[Anonymous Coward]

who got first post. Take that you stupid trolls!

unF unF unF

[Anonymous Coward]

I believe that I am the first to post on this particular article.

i'm a stupid troll

[Anonymous Coward]

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"David Hyman"?

[bani]

... what an unfortunate last name ...

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

Re:"David Hyman"?

[Alan Partridge]

Why would Mars sanction this? Do they have some kind of agreement with Siemens? And why do Siemens workers need so much chocolate and peanuts anyway?

All together now...

[Anonymous Coward]

(Murder)
It's murder on the dancefloor
But you better not kill the groove
Dj, gonna burn this goddamn house right down

Oh, I know I know I know I know I know I know
About your kind
And so and so and so and so and so and so
I'll have to play

If you think you're getting away
I will prove you wrong
I'll take you all the way
Boy, just come along
Hear me when I say
Hey

It's murder on the dancefloor
But you better not kill the groove
Hey, hey
It's murder on the dancefloor
But you better not steal the moves
Dj, gonna burn this goddamn house right down

Oh I know I know I know I know I know I know
There may be others
And so and so and so and so and so and so
You'll just have to pray

If you think you're getting away
I will prove you wrong
I'll take you all the way
Stay another song
I'll blow you all away
Hey

It's murder on the dancefloor
But you better not kill the groove
Hey, hey
It's murder on the dancefloor
But you better not steal the moves
DJ, gonna turn this house around somehow
Murder on the dancefloor
But you better not kill the groove
Hey, hey
It's murder on the dancefloor
But you better not steal the moves
Dj, gonna burn this goddamn house right down

Don't think you'll get away
I will prove you wrong
I'll take you all away
Boy just come along
Here me when I say
Hey

It's murder on the dancefloor
But you better not kill the groove
It's murder on the dancefloor
But you better not steal the moves
DJ, gonna burn this goddamn house right down

It's murder on the dancefloor
But you better not kill the groove
Hey, hey
It's murder on the dancefloor
But you better not steal the moves
DJ, gonna burn this goddamn house right down

It's murder on the dancefloor
(On the dancefloor)
But you better not kill the groove
Hey, hey
It's murder on the dancefloor
(On the dancefloor)
But you better not steal the moves
DJ, gonna burn this goddamn house right down

I know, I know, I know, I know, I know...

Re:All together now...

[Anonymous Coward]

They are dying on the dancefloor
They are lying in debris
They are fading with exhaustion
From the mortal injuries

Now that's a song!

Anyone know it?

Re:All together now...

[Anonymous Coward]

Vader Abraham, "Het smurfenlied"

+1 NOT redundant on the MQR standard

[MarkusQ]

Gracenote is Rambus (Score:2)
by Nailer on 3:01 08 January 2002 (#2802924)
(User #69468 Info | http://www.cyber.com.au/)

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:

Re:+1 NOT redundant on the MQR standard

[Kharny]

Basicly all I do nowadays is metamodding idiot moderators who can't read guidelines, its boring, but it has to be done, otherwise they'll get more moderator points.

Re:+1 NOT redundant on the MQR standard

[Anonymous Coward]

Please people, when you get the 'honour' of mod-points, go and read the guidelines before starting

Better yet, uncheck the "willing to moderate" box. Be aware if you moderate that you are going to bleed karma constantly. Sometimes for honest mistakes, more often for just ordinary mnoderating.

If you are, like me, an occasional contributor, your supply of karma will not compensate this. Your karma will be down the toilet within months.

Unfortunately, moderating is possible for very active posters only. Don't get fooled by the 'duty' talk . Moderating is a heavily taxed privilege, one you can probably do without.

I havent got metamodeartion in more than a year!

[jonr]

:

You're all a load of worthless fuckfaces!

[drsquare]

fhewfh ewoifh oewifh ewoi

Fuck fuck fuck!

[drsquare]

Hahaha! Waste all your precious moderation points modding me down!

Sad news ... Stephen King dead

[Anonymous Coward]

I just heard some sad news on talk radio - Horror/Sci Fi writer Stephen King was found dead in his Maine home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to popular culture. Truly an American icon.

Re:could..these..

[Alan Partridge]

"comment posts" get any grammatically incorrecter?

Dude

[Unknown Poltroon]

Pick a new author, will ya? This is getting old.

And I am the Egg-Man.

[Anonymous Coward]

Coo-Coo-Kachoo...

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...

Dammit - I meant EZ-CD not EX-CD (smack!) n/t

[BLKMGK]

Preview dumbass preview...

Re:It's really insignificant.

[Anonymous Coward]

Nice Troll asshole. Maybe Mac just doesn't have a lot of alternatives to choose from. Nero on the PC happens to be excellent. Combine it with a BurnProof burner and you'll never have coasters again.