Gracenote v. Roxio CDDB Suit Settled

Posted by timothy on Monday January 7, 2002 @09:54PM from the who-owns-what-words dept.

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'?"

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This is a defeat by Baki · 2002-01-07 22:47 · Score: 2, Redundant

On roxio.com is says:

"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 ..."

Even if they got the license free (to save the face of Gracenote) then still this is a defeat because they gave in and no longer shall use freedb.
This establishes the absurd idea that using freedb might be illegal, and this claim hasn't been dismissed now. I can only hope that other companies/software shall continue to challenge Gracenote and offer freedb integration instead.