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 Grooveshark caught guilty of massive copyright infringement-closing forever (5)

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Grooveshark caught guilty of massive copyright infringement-closing forever

Grooveshark is shutting down forever -the best free music online site for millions. SO SAD TO BID IT GOODBYE FOREVER Dear music fans, Today we are shutting down Grooveshark. We started out nearly ten years ago with the goal of helping fans share and discover music. But despite 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. As part of a settlement agreement with the major record companies, we have agreed to cease operations immediately, wipe clean all the data on our servers and hand over ownership of this website, our mobile apps and intellectual property, including our patents and copyrights. At that time of our launch, few music services provided the experience we wanted to offer ­and think you deserve. Fortunately, that's no longer the case. There are now hundreds of fan friendly, affordable services available for you to choose from, including Spotify, Deezer, Google Play, Beats Music, Rhapsody and Rdio, among many others. If you love music and respect the artists, songwriters and everyone else who makes great music possible, use a licensed service that compensates artists and other rights holders. You can find out more about the many great services available where you live here: http://whymusicmatters.com/find-music. It has been a privilege getting to know so many of you and enjoying great music together. Thank you for being such passionate fans. Yours in music, Your friends at Grooveshark April 30, 2015 Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/grooveshark-shuts-down-after-eight-years-20150501#ixzz3Yy8P3QoJ Follow us: @rollingstone on Twitter | RollingStone on Facebook
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3 points

I used this website daily while in the office. Very disappointed.

Yeah whenever I was at home at weekends while doing CD I used to listen to it,so many songs of any song-writer from old to newest,everything was there on this site

2 points

According to Exclaim, Grooveshark — which launched in 2007 — had been served with a $17 billion lawsuit in 2011 from a coalition of the major music labels. The rights issues stemmed from the site's entire model that allowed users to upload and share copyrighted music with other users for free. A brief closure followed the lawsuit, and Grooveshark relaunched with a "tip jar" feature in the fall of 2012, giving users an opportunity to give back to artists (though they could still stream the music for free).

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/grooveshark-shuts-down-after-eight-years-20150501#ixzz3Yy9GRGcQ

Follow us: @rollingstone on Twitter | RollingStone on Facebook

2 points

Disappointment was upon my face when I saw the message displaying on the front page.

Farewell, Grooveshark

Everyone knew you were probably illegal all along.

However I would have to say it was the best online music site I've ever listened to

2 points

Such a shame when the big sharks move in and shut down these type of website! they make more than enough money the music industry is so greedy!!