May 24, 2001
Fight over CD listings: Gracenote & Freedb
Fight over CD listings: Gracenote & Freedb
The issue is central to a lawsuit that could affect a variety of communities throughout the Internet, from so-called open-source programming projects to comments archived on online bulletin boards. If Roxio wins, open-source competitors to Gracenote will be legally free to build databases that can't be co-opted by others. If Gracenote wins, other databases relying on individuals' submissions could be considered the property of whatever company collects and formats the data.
Posted by rshah at May 24, 2001 12:00 PM