Sony to Buy Gracenote · Slashdot Mirror

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday April 23, 2008 @01:23AM 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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Re:You've Got It All Wrong! by Anonymous Coward · 2008-04-23 01:35 · Score: 0, Offtopic

just had to run a simple file called 'sony-mp3-finder-RIAA-notifying-kernel-rootkit.exe.' All the hate and distrust comes from the fact that they have done things like that before.
Hmm... Yes... I think you might be on to something here, gumshoe.