henke on 25/4/2010 at 12:12

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(http://www.grooveshark.com) www.grooveshark.com



* Works worldwide
* Users upload songs, this means that most everything is on there. But it also means that the audioquality is inconsistent, titles aren't always correct and tracks might be missing from albums. And I'm not sure about the legality of this thing. Likely it will go the way of muxtape. But hey, it works for now!
* Registration is optional and it runs through your browser, no download neccessary. So you can start listening to music right away by simply typing in the name of a song/artist/album.
* Playlists! ((http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/playlist/Raindogg+s+Horrible+Fanfare/28158171) here's one of mine)
* Ads are visual only, no audio-commercials inbetween the tracks.

Thief13x on 25/4/2010 at 17:57

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is it just me or does this sound exactly like youtube?

Namdrol on 25/4/2010 at 20:54

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Just you I'm afraid.
Guess you need some college learning.

EvaUnit02 on 25/4/2010 at 21:34

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Jesus, it's a completely Flash driven site? Well it fuck the hell right off then.

Aerothorn on 26/4/2010 at 00:32

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From their copyright info:

"It is our policy to honor all takedown requests that comply with the requirements of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and other applicable intellectual property laws.

We strongly suggest that you contact us at licensing (at) grooveshark (dot) com before filing a DMCA infringement claim. Grooveshark has an artists/label program to ensure that any owner of content will be compensated fairly for each time their content is played via Grooveshark. To be clear, as long as your infringement claim complies with the terms of the DMCA we will honor it, however we would much rather pay you than remove your content."

In short, they're not paying by default, which I suspect is illegal - but as always, IANAL.