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Gracenote Defends Its Evolution

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the well-straighter-anyway dept.

In the beginning was a music recognition database called CDDB, and it was good. Now, people accuse Gracenote of stealing its success. CDDB and Gracenote architect Steve Scherf sets the record straight.

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  1. Gracenote SUCKS! by fury88 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    They never validate ANY of the entries.. All too many times I go to get the information and rip and realize the track names are wrong and out of order. I thought the whole purpose of these databases was so you don't have to do any work!!