If we want to "farm the CD-playing public for their data-entry efforts" we
don't need something that's better than CDDB; we need something that's A
WHOLE LOT BETTER than CDDB.
There really should be one big canonical music database but the implications
are staggering. ISO is working on standards for identifying recordings and
music. See http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/iso/tc46sc9/whatnew.htm.
I've seen references to ISRC International Standard Recording Code in this
group mentioning that some CD are already carrying the code. The standard
is not yet final, nor for the ISWC International Standard Works code.
-larry kain