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Gracenote Founder Rewriting History At Wikipedia
An anonymous reader writes "Gracenote founder Steve Scherf is busy again in his attempts to rewrite history after his recent interview at Wired. This time around he is aggressively deleting or seeking removal of any content on Wikipedia that discusses the controversy behind the commercialization of the formerly GPL'd cddb. Slashdotters may remember when cddb joined the Bad Patent Club back in 2000. Gracenote followed up by filing lawsuits against its customers for trying to switch to freedb and for alleged patent violations. Are there any Slashdotters out there who know the facts about Gracenote — its history, its business practices, its lawsuits? Wikipedia needs your help."
Do not try to read the dupe, thats impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth
What truth?
There is no dupe
Are there any Slashdotters out there who know the facts about Gracenote -- its history, its business practices, its lawsuits? Wikipedia needs your help.
Who needs facts? If Scherf wants to change history, let's damn well change it!
I think the new entry should start, "Gracenote founder Steve Scherf has come a long way from his younder days of meth-fueled llama sodomizing. While once it looked like he'd soon die in a gutter, that six months he spent in the federal pen for killing a bussload of nuns while drunk (which he coyly refers to as "Happy happy shower butt fun time") cleaned him up, allowing him to become the ruthless corporate asshat we know today."
Revisionist history works both ways, Steve. Don't fuck with the geek masses - We can "fix" your entries MUCH faster than you can.
Wikipedia(tm) is edited by Anonymous(tm) Contributors(tm) from the Free(tm) Community(tm). How can it possibly be anything but The Truth(tm).
For you to be questioning this must mean you haven't been drinking your Kool-Aid(tm).
Don't blame me, I didn't vote for either of them!
Somebody kept editing it saying the population of Gracenote has tripled in the last six months.
Jeff Minter, is that you?!
Circumcision is child abuse.
How in the hell does an ANONYMOUS post get karma?!?!
Are you retarded The_Wilschon (782534) ?!
Can you read? Do you understand how slashdot functions?
anon posts are 0, some assholes like you probably surf at +2 or +1.
without modding it up it is never seen. And there is no concept of karma for anon.
THAT IS WHY IT IS NOW PROPERLY RATED +5.
Why? Because I was correct and YOU and your +2 rated crap comment were wrong, it needed to be modded up.
And there is no such thing as karma for anonymous posting! That assumption is irrational and retarded. It has some slight silent effect for IP addresses in a short time span for posting limits and cuttoffs, but not for waht you are insinuating.
As for my rambling... fine. A.D.D. is a good putdown. I probably should have at least re-read it once before posting it, but assholes like The_Wilschon (782534) make it tedious to ever care. If I could effectively wish you neck cancer The_Wilschon (782534) I would. I despise assholes with low IQs like you The_Wilschon (782534).
Now I have a NEW request if you guys want me to participate further :
PLEASE MODE The_Wilschon (782534) DOWN NOW FOR LYING AND UNJUST ACCUSATIONS! Thank you! MOD The_Wilschon (782534) down now!
+2 is an insult to readers everwhere for The_Wilschon (782534)'s lies and unjust attacks!
Thank you, The_Wilschon (782534) needs to be modded DOWN!
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