[Thaxll]

I remember a popular HN post from 10 years ago, that was pulled or the source was pulled because Shazam legally threatened the disclosure of the algorithm. I think it's actually the Google drive file pdf capture from OP's article.

[refibrillator]

Here is a link to that HN thread from 2013:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5723863

[dang]

Thanks! Macroexpanded:

Creating Shazam in Java (2010) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32530056 - Aug 2022 (36 comments)

Patent infringement claim re: “Creating Shazam in Java” blogpost (2010) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9594480 - May 2015 (18 comments)

Creating Shazam in Java - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5723863 - May 2013 (43 comments)

Implementing Shazam with Java in a weekend - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1702975 - Sept 2010 (23 comments)

Longer list of relateds here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41132462.

[ivolimmen]

It was a Dutch guy. I have seen his talk on this something with fast Fourier transform and getting sued. Was fun

[dang]

Related. Others?

How Shazam Works (2003) [pdf] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40029036 - April 2024 (29 comments)

How does Shazam work? (2022) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38531428 - Dec 2023 (154 comments)

An Industrial-Strength Audio Search Algorithm (2003) [pdf] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33299853 - Oct 2022 (1 comment)

Creating Shazam in Java (2010) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32530056 - Aug 2022 (36 comments)

Shazam turns 20 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32520593 - Aug 2022 (227 comments)

How Shazam Works (2015) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23806142 - July 2020 (7 comments)

Designing an audio adblocker - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18855029 - Jan 2019 (186 comments)

Show HN: A radio/podcast adblocker featuring ML and Shazam-like fingerprinting - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18459058 - Nov 2018 (2 comments)

Apple has completed its acquisition of Shazam - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18066724 - Sept 2018 (316 comments)

Apple Buys Shazam to Boost Apple Music - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15899065 - Dec 2017 (156 comments)

Apple is close to acquiring Shazam, sources say - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15881896 - Dec 2017 (292 comments)

Show HN: Shazam-like acoustic fingerprinting of continuous audio streams - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15809291 - Nov 2017 (76 comments)

How Shazam Works (2015) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15350729 - Sept 2017 (13 comments)

Tell HN: Shazam picks up song from my kitchen light - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11593305 - April 2016 (2 comments)

How Shazam works - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9870408 - July 2015 (48 comments)

Patent infringement claim re: “Creating Shazam in Java” blogpost (2010) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9594480 - May 2015 (18 comments)

The Shazam Effect (2014) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9593429 - May 2015 (37 comments)

The Shazam Effect - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8634357 - Nov 2014 (34 comments)

Ask HN: Is there an audio search technology that finds exact and similar audio? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8420141 - Oct 2014 (3 comments)

Source code example of the Shazam algorithm - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5724442 - May 2013 (16 comments)

Creating Shazam in Java - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5723863 - May 2013 (43 comments)

An Industrial-Strength Audio Search Algorithm (Shazam) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2621103 - June 2011 (4 comments)

Shazam's Search for Songs Creates New Music Jobs - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2215295 - Feb 2011 (1 comment)

How does the music-identifying app Shazam work its magic? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2214992 - Feb 2011 (2 comments)

How Shazam Works To Identify (Nearly) Every Song You Throw At It - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1727891 - Sept 2010 (1 comment)

Implementing Shazam with Java in a weekend - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1702975 - Sept 2010 (23 comments)

Shazam: not magic after all - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=909263 - Oct 2009 (28 comments)

How does the music-identifying app Shazam work its magic? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=893353 - Oct 2009 (16 comments)

Shazam Has 50 Million Users and Secures Investment From KPCB - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=882537 - Oct 2009 (13 comments)