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CDDB, short for Compact Disc Database, is a database for software applications to look up audio CD (compact disc) information over the Internet. This is performed by a client which calculates a (nearly) unique disc ID and then queries the database.
Freedb was a database of user-submitted compact disc track listings, [1] where all the content was under the GNU General Public License.To look up CD information over the Internet, a client program calculated a hash function from the CD table of contents and used it as a disc ID to query the database.
This has been controversial, as the original CDDB database was created out of anonymous contributions, initially via the open source xmcd CD player program. Many listing contributors believed that the database was open-source as well because, in 1997, cddb.com's download and support pages had said it was released under the GPL.
MusicBrainz was founded in response to the restrictions placed on the Compact Disc Database (CDDB), a database for software applications to look up audio CD information on the Internet. MusicBrainz has expanded its goals to reach beyond a CD metadata (information about the performers, artists, songwriters, etc.) storehouse to become a ...
Gracenote, company that owns CDDB database, has filed a lawsuit against Roxio, Adaptec's spin-off company that develops Easy CD Creator (the most popular CD burning program in the world). Lawsuit is about Gracenote's CD recognition system; Roxio/Adaptec has used the technology in its Easy CD Creator and has paid all the licensing fees as they ...
Nancy Reagan (1981) For husband Ronald Reagan’s first inauguration in 1981, Nancy Reagan wore a tailored Adolfo coatdress with pointed shoulders and a subtly cinched waist, which she paired with ...
The World Bank Group is the globe's most prestigious development lender, bankrolling hundreds of government projects each year in pursuit of its high-minded mission: to combat the scourge of poverty by backing new transit systems, power plants, dams and other projects it believes will help boost the fortunes of poor people.
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