Buzz Out Loud Lounge: Grooveshark....I'm not too convinced.

Wise Words Mother Goose

Clear, concise, informative and exactly right. If Grooveshark don't offer you a job, I will!

I posted my questions on their website forum, they disappeared pretty quickly, can't imagine why, but they are now appearing on a few forums and I guess they will spread until answered.

Maybe I am missing something here, does this kid Tarantino seriously think he is going to take on the industry, make em an offer they can't refuse, put a horses head in our bed, and come out on top of the world? Am I watching the wrong movies? Is this the one where the heist goes wrong and they suspect one of them is an informant? (I'd watch the guy with the Sicilian name from Harry Fox, he's got form:-)

As you rightly point out, many people are looking for the solution. However, everyone discounts scamming users with clever legal documents. Groovesharks EULA is not easy to find on their site, it takes a knowledge of the law to understand and only when you get to page 10 do you realise that they expect users to indemnify Grooveshark! I started out thinking they were naive, but I am rapidly coming to the conclusion they are actually devious and know precisely what they are doing.

I'm still not convinced this is not MiiVii 2. If not, the RIAA must think the heavens have opened and it's raining gold because all they need to do is get a Grooveshark membership and buy a song from each user, $122,000 x 5,000 users = $610,000,000 and growing at a rate of $10,000,000 a day! No wonder they refused to comment!!! And we are not talking maybe, the RIAA are on to a sure bet, Jammie Thomas at least could claim ignorance, with Grooveshark, there is no get out clause, users have accepted liability and payment! You can probably add at least another zero to those numbers.

I'd like to see Grooveshark succeed, it would help a lot of people who have been trying to crack the same nut, but I am coming to the conclusion this is going to be another college massacre. The majors can make more money out of suing them than cutting a deal with someone who's business model depends on stealing copyright and deceiving users. That's their job! lol

I started off thinking I could assist, but I've lost hope. Removing my post from their site was the last straw, I was trying to help them, now, I want to teach them. I know how to do what they are trying to do without breaking the law, it's something I've been thinking about since Napster, (along with a zillion others). The one thing Grooveshark seem to have got about half right is the timing.

Techgoose, sound like a reasonable and knowledgeable person, I think I'd enjoy an off line chat with you if you have time, maybe lay a few eggs.