From: *@eli.users.panix.com   
      
   In alt.os.linux.slackware, Clark Smith   wrote:   
   > 	I have a large collection of music files ripped from CDs over the   
   > years. Many of those files have highly non-descriptive names - and the   
   > CDs that they came from I don't have any more.   
      
   I believe the RIAA position (and copyright law) is if you don't own the   
   CD anymore, you don't own the digital backup anymore. It's legally the   
   same as having pirated them. I won't tell if you won't, though.   
      
   > 	Anybody know of software that can be used for identifying the   
   > tracks in those files, and obtain the data associated with them? My   
   > guess is that such a thing might not even exist outside some   
   > specialized AI labs, but I may be wrong - hence my inquiry.   
      
   It doesn't take AI, it's a straightforward fingerprinting process.   
   Trouble is, it requires access to a large collection of pre-identified   
   fingetprints.   
      
   I haven't done anything in this space in years, and I don't know what's   
   freely available.   
      
   https://musicbrainz.org/doc/Fingerprinting   
      
   That implies theirs might be usuable for free, but maybe not in   
   Slackware. It's often the case that documentation doesn't make it clear   
   if the software is free to use but only to create your own database   
   (good luck with that as an individudl) or if there's an existing   
   database of identified items also available for free.   
      
   Elijah   
   ------   
   last used this sort of thing on Windows   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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