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Sony to Buy Gracenote

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the taking-from-the-community dept.

Ian Lamont writes "Sony is buying Gracenote for $260 million. Sony will use Gracenote's online music database in its own digital content and devices, but Gracenote will operate separately and keep its own management. It's an interesting move, because many other entertainment companies and services depend on the Gracenote database, including iTunes, Yahoo, Winamp, and even the onboard stereo system used in some new Cadillacs. Gracenote has been criticized for turning the once-open CDDB project into a 'quagmire of heavy contracts, licensing fees, forced user registration and anti-competition clauses.'"

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  1. Re:You've Got It All Wrong! by dakameleon · · Score: 5, Informative

    Walkman. Discman. Arguably both Sony's most successful consumer electronics products.

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  2. Musicbrainz by AceJohnny · · Score: 4, Informative

    Use MusicBrainz. All the cool kids are doing it!

    Seriously. Musicbrainz was created after the CDDB fiasco (and FreeDB had its own share of problems). It operates under a non-profit organization to guarantee its freedom.
    And on that feature bullet-point list, they add an API to recognize what that "Unknown Artist - Unknown Title.mp3" file you have.

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