FreeDB

FreeDB[1] is a clone of CDDB[2], based on the GPL software and database made available by CDDB before they locked them up and became, frankly, proprietry pricks.

FreeDB is now often considered to be superior to the original CDDB in terms of quality of data, and certainly in terms of friendliness to developers. However, they are still using the original CDDB-developed method, while CDDB is moving quickly onto their own 100% proprietry CDDB2 system. (which offers much good stuff, but is sadly very proprietry).

Nevertheless, the existing FreeDB database is a very interesting resource to look at...

-> need to add in the stats data I compiled out of the discid's <-