GrooveShark Shuts Down Services Completely (updated)
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jbmcmillan
nhlkoho
Reardan
fantaskarsef
Bansaku
Remember in the 1980s and 1990s when people used to dub cassettes and movies for their family and friends and nobody gave two squirts of piss?! Hell, the ability to dub a CD or cassette was a selling feature for years with rental places often selling blank tapes alongside the latest releases!
I guess back in those days there were better people to hassle and sue.
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BigBlockTowncar
Angantyr
And they have now shut down their service. You can see their farewell message on the website http://grooveshark.com/
shoja
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shoja
Extraordinary
It's ridiculous, this anti-piracy fines cr4p, there's no way the artists have lost out on that much money from people sharing a few MP3s - for one simple fact, the people downloading them, were never going to buy them anyway
Clouseau
Let me get this straight, pirating games bad...pirating music and movies is ok. What kind of inconsistent logic is that. Making backup copies for yourself has always been legal. Plus it is impossible to even come up with a ballpark figure of lost revenue. That is why this is considered a fine. Apparently the fines are not steep enough since this kind of stuff still occurs out in front of everyone's eyes. It is there fault for thinking individuals would not take advantage of the freedom they were granted. Laws exist to keep honest people honest. Criminals will always find a way to skirt the law.
rta
Wait...how much?
Because from what I understand *Spotify itself pays only $0.007 per play.
I mean, I saw this coming from a mile away with GrooveShark but that ruling is insane. This music industry is so full of hypocrites it's mind boggling.
* http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-25217353
Reddoguk
Same old same old.
Only this time Goliath wins one over but David will be back to rule the day once again.
I just think the music industry wanted GS for itself. Don't be surprised to see all GS hard work reskinned, renamed and back out with some sort of fees.
Despoiler
I once saw an infographic put together by RIAA that claimed that piracy cost the industry X number of dollars. I don't remember the exact number, but I remember they had based it on the possible court damages of $150k per song. The number was more money than was in circulation in the entire world. That tells you how completely ridiculous all of this is.
Clouseau
Angantyr
I'm still baffled how they managed to " Haggle " down the original lawsuit from 17Billion dollars ( Yeah, they were sued that much ) to 736 Mil. http://readwrite.com/2011/11/23/music_industry_wants_17_billion_from_streaming_sit
Mineria
Mineria
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