The developers of the database insist that they are not charging any of the companies with doing anything illegal.

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We also take a look at this week's announcement that Spotify, the hot-as-fire music-streaming site, is opening up its massive database of songs to outside app developers.

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"During the early days of CDDB, developers had access to our database and service for free, and their participation was key to our success, " said Steve Scherf, co-founder of Gracenote.

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The startup developed an API that gives developers direct access to its recipe database.

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This also means that developers who reuse our code will be able to choose which database the application relies on.

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