Another big win for assholes like Prince. Grooveshark is now history. Record companies sued it to the point it could no longer exist. This was where I got many Prince boots. boo

Dupe thread!!!

http://prince.org/msg/100/415909

Don't care, I've never heard of it.

WTF man!! I loved Grooveshark! I got to listen to Prince's unreleased tracks! Damn I hate the industry!!

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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

That site had a GUAP load of Prince boots! Back to torrents I guess...

Good.

The closer we move to end the era of entitlement, the better. There's simply no way a healthy music (or any other industry) can survive with mass exploitation - ie distributing artists works against their will, for free.

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Remember that it's not just about those fools who were on stage at that silly Tidal launch, there is great discussion and concern amongst artists/musicians of all levels.

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It doesn't make sense to me that we're on a forum with huge music fans, dedicated to music and yet it sometimes seems there's more sympathy towards artist exploitation than the artists themselves.

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Do we not want a recording industry that nurtures long term talent like Stevie Wonder (who's greatest successes came around 17 albums into his career), Aretha Franklin (who had a similar grinding build into the greatness we all know and love) etc?

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RIP... Oh well.

Grooveshark reminded me of IEEM... I think that was the name of the music site - that music website was swallowed up by MySpace.

It doesn't matter, the record industry will never reap the profits they have once made, greedy ass bastards. People are all over the place on what type of music they consume and purchase. There's so many ways to stream music over the world without paying... Grooveshark was a spoke in a wheel, it shall be replaced. Now the music industry is throwing aroung millions to get the US Congress to make smartphone, iPod / MP3 players manufactrues carry AM / FM radio on their devices. The dumbasses don't get it... folks have walked away from "public radio" because their product SUCKS.

As I've mentioned steaming all types of data / information without the need of the Internet in its infancy. No one will know who's infringing on copyright, peer to peer file sharing, uploading or downloading, books, music, movies, pictures or whatever.

NEXT ------>>>>>>>>>>>

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I was literally depressed finding out about this. Instead of clogging up my computer/phone space, I'd just access Grooveshark to listen to any and everything. Fucking Spotify doesn't have bootlegs, live performances, remixes, etc. It doesn't have obscure works.

If Prince was genuinely upset about Baltimore, he's probably gleeful right now.

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CharismaDove said:

I was literally depressed finding out about this. Instead of clogging up my computer/phone space, I'd just access Grooveshark to listen to any and everything. Fucking Spotify doesn't have bootlegs, live performances, remixes, etc. It doesn't have obscure works.

If Prince was genuinely upset about Baltimore, he's probably gleeful right now.

Yep. T Part of the problem with the industry there's a BIG disconnect between music auidence wants to hear music and what music industry wants you to hear. The music industry has drove and pushed music listenesr away.... their base and the casual /listner buyer. 30 years ago folks waited in line to buy a new album of an artist, now kids stand in line to buy a phone, notebook, watch and a video games. WTF is wrong with thiat picture.

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CharismaDove said:

I was literally depressed finding out about this. Instead of clogging up my computer/phone space, I'd just access Grooveshark to listen to any and everything. Fucking Spotify doesn't have bootlegs, live performances, remixes, etc. It doesn't have obscure works.

If Prince was genuinely upset about Baltimore, he's probably gleeful right now.

Prince probably didn't know about it, or he would have had his unreleased songs removed.

Hard drives are really cheap these days too. My recommendation is to always save and back up anything you want to have because you never know how long something will remain public on the net.

never heard of it

I am so pissed. That is where I found all my Lewis Taylor shit.

It was very popular, but I could not believe it continued to exist with unofficial works and no licenses.

2freaky4church1 said:

This was where I got many Prince boots. boo

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Damn, how did I never hear of this site?!