It seems roxio hasn't got all of his business up 2 date. A lawsuit was filed Thursday by Gracenote, an online music service.
Roxio, a subsidiary of Adaptec, sells software that allows people to burn CDs from MP3 music files or other data. In early versions, the company had licensed software from Gracenote that allowed automatic identification of music CDs and songs. |
Gracenote now says that Roxio, which let that contract expire last month, is illegally continuing to distribute the music recognition software and has infringed on Gracenote patents by creating a parallel service of its own in new versions of the software.
Gracenote's service is built around a vast database of song names and CD titles. Its software recognizes songs on CDs and then tells applications such as AOL Time Warner's Winamp what the names of songs and discs are. Song-swapping service Napster is using Gracenote's database to help identify songs and block them at the request of music labels.
Little mistake by roxio?
But according to roxio this is al based on nothing. As I read on the roxio site:
"Roxio believes this unfounded claim was made by Gracenote in response to our selection of their competition as our preferred provider," said Bill Growney, Director of Legal Affairs at Roxio, Inc. "Gracenote has apparently made this claim in a weak and ineffective attempt to damage Roxio's reputation. |
If this is indeed to damage the reputation, gracenote sucks
Source: Yahoo
