> Now - an aside - Musicbrainz was set up because of Gracenote. >If I understand correctly, the dataset that Gracenote CDDB is based on >was orginally an 'open' database with information contributed by the >public. It was sold, and changed its licensing structures away from the >original open source model.
It's true, I contributed many titles to it when it was public. It always had two problems: 1. The 'hash' value it used for a CD wasn't a large enough number to avoid clashes. 2. The format of an 'artist' was useless. Aside from the obvious fact that a compilation album will have tracks by many artists, it failed with anything complicated. For example you might have a track that is 'by X and Y feat Z' which has been remixed by W which appears on a compliation by V. In addition the mix will probably have a name too (U), so you end up having the title as TITLE (U mix by W) and the artist as X and Y feat Z. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.11/652 - Release Date: 25/01/2007 15:32 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.11/652 - Release Date: 25/01/2007 15:32 - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
