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Open Source Music Fingerprinter Gets Patent Nastygram

Posted by timothy on from the their-patent-gives-away-the-secret dept.

Nushio writes "The code wasn't even released, and yet Roy van Rijn, a Music & Free Software enthusiast received a C&D from Landmark Digital Services, owners of Shazam, a music service that allows you to find a song, by listening to a part of it. And if that wasn't enough, they want him to take down his blog post (Google Cache) explaining how he did it because it 'may be viewed internationally. As a result, [it] may contribute to someone infringing our patents in any part of the world.'" Update: 07/09 00:31 GMT by T :Story updated to reflect that Shazam is multiplatform, not Android-only, as implied by the original phrasing.

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  1. That said... by fyngyrz · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    A story submitter, on Slashdot, humbly and openly admitting a mistake. My hat is off to you, sir.

    Burn him! Burn him now! Then throw him in the pond and see if he floats! Because he might be made of... wood... or be a duck...

    One of his Googling failures turned me into a Newt!

    I... got better...

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  2. Re:Patent and disclosure... by BlueStrat · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Posting to correct an accidental mis-moderation. Parent is NOT overrated! Meant to give an "Insightful".

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  3. Re:android hate by commodore64_love · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yeah and you're supposed to put a comma in front of conjunctive words like "and, or, but, because" especially if they join two sentences. Examples:

    - I grabbed my umbrella. It was raining.
    - I grabbed my umbrella, because it was raining.

    - They want him to take down his blog post. It may be viewed internationally.
    - They want him to take down his blog post, because it may be viewed internationally.

    I rocked my English SATs (99th percentile) so I'm fairly certain I'm right. (Unfortunately math was only 91st. Maybe I should pick English major instead of Engineer... nah.)

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  4. Re:android hate by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Um, no; he does require one after 'enough' and 'result' -- if he wants to write proper English, at least. And I'm not sure which 'and' you're referring to in your list; there's an 'and' with a superfluous comma preceding it in the first sentence, but otherwise you've mystified us.

    Also, you've overlooked his starting a sentence with a conjunction and his failing to delineate a subordinate phrase with a comma following the 'And' which starts the sentence.

    See where this is all leading? It's a slippery slope!