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Is there an Open Source Equivalent of Shazam for Android (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by AnomanderRake@lemmy.ml to c/foss

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If someone doesn't know what Shazam is, it listens to music playing on the radio or TV and identifies it and helps you find the name/artist.

I was wondering if there open source equivalent, I tried searching google and AlternativeTo but only found Linux desktop apps.

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[–] nekomusumeninaritai@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Uninformed copyright law speculation

I think that's true about being expensive/difficult to maintain, but while IANAL, a hash of music is not the music itself, something that can be converted to music, or in any way protected by copyright AFAIK.

Edit: fixed bad spoiler/cw syntax Edit 2: fixed unintentional passive aggression

[–] SoftestVoid 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd agree about the database probably not being copyright, but I was more talking about getting access to the music to convert in the first place.

[–] nekomusumeninaritai@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

part where I spend other people's time proposing a feature I'm not willing to spend time to implement

Perhaps there could be an optional setting that lets you contribute to a crowdsource thing when people rip their cds with open source software and get the metadata from MusicBrainz (those that still buy cds)? Seems pretty do-able actually.

part with unfounded patent speculation

Maybe there is a patent or something keeping that feature from being added to the databases and programs?