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Freedb.org Seeks Volunteers

Posted by michael on from the time-on-your-hands dept.

dtype writes "freedb.org is asking for your help. With the ever increasing popularity of freedb, the all-volunteer service has required more and more time. Joerg Hevers has been absorbing the brunt of the load for some time now, and we should all thank him for that. We're now looking for volunteers who would like to spend time on this great service, so that we can continue to serve the community at expected levels."

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  1. Re:alternative by ivan256 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I know you think you're funny, but it is decidedly *not* funny to encourage people to support an organization that gained it's position by exploiting average consumers, and maintains their position through the abuse of the United States legal system.

    Furthermore, I have never seen - and Gracenote has seemingly never provided - evidence that they have turned a profit on the rape of their initial users labor. They could be gone tomorrow, and it is more likely that they will go away then freedb.

  2. Re:alternative by orthogonal · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Ever read the ccdb developer's license? Basically, it says that if you use ccdb in your product, you are contractually obligated not to use any other source of information about cd content.

    In other words, "if you want to use us, we get to be a monopoly". Your application can't even offer the end user an option to select between using ccdb and some other cd databse.

    Sorry. Even Microsoft doesn't require a developer to use only its API if he uses any part of Microsoft's API.

    Screw ccdb: I'll type in the song names before I'll use a service that tries to arrogate itself to monopoly status, especially when they rely on end users to do the actual data entry.

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  3. It's fun to violate DMCA by yerricde · · Score: 3, Interesting

    One that acts as a proxy to intercept requests going out to CDDB.

    This is a direct violation of the DMCA. The CDDB protocol version 2 (used in newer apps) is proprietary and encrypted, and it controls access to a copyrighted compilation of data maintained by Gracenote. However, for CDDB 1 apps, a napigator-like program that intercepts DNS for cddb.com should work fine.


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