Sony to Buy Gracenote

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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freedb by Gothmolly · 2008-04-23 01:33 · Score: 5, Insightful

What is this CDDB you speak of? Some crufty, proprietary version of freedb? I'm sorry, how is this relevant again?

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Re:You've Got It All Wrong! by dakameleon · 2008-04-23 01:54 · Score: 5, Informative

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

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