Author: JT Smith
From CNet: “Online music database Gracenote, which once labeled itself a ‘grassroots Internet darling,’
got a lesson Friday in the slash-and-burn culture of the Internet after announcing it would
sue a customer intent on moving to an open-source competitor of its song database.
got a lesson Friday in the slash-and-burn culture of the Internet after announcing it would
sue a customer intent on moving to an open-source competitor of its song database.
After the Thursday announcement, open-source advocates — from Linux evangelists to
technophile site Slashdot.org — inundated the defendant of the suit, CD-burning software maker
Roxio, with letters of support and criticized Gracenote openly.”
