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Grooveshark Shuts Down

Posted by Soulskill on from the should-have-thought-that-through-a-bit-better dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Grooveshark, one of the most popular music streaming websites, has announced that they are shutting down immediately. Several lawsuits from the record companies pushed the company out of business. In a notice posted on the Grooveshark website, its two founders said, "[D]espite best of intentions, we made very serious mistakes. We failed to secure licenses from rights holders for the vast amount of music on the service. That was wrong. We apologize. Without reservation." All of their music has been deleted, and the site itself now belongs to the record companies. NewYorkCountryLawyer adds that according to the settlement (PDF), Grooveshark must pay $50 million, but no money judgment has been entered against individual defendants.

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  1. Re:Try again... 4? by geekmux · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why do people think all this music is Free?

    Might I remind you that our app stores are slam full of Free apps, which is the price that the users today demanded.

    You know, apps like Pandora...that users can download and install without charge and listen to thousands of hours of music.

    I'd say it's pretty fucking obvious why users think music is free. The industry is presenting it that way.