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How come the RIAA is okay with Grooveshark streaming any music at any time? Pandora has many more restrictions in their free version to qualify for "internet ra
by zhyder 16y ago
How come the RIAA is okay with Grooveshark streaming any music at any time? Pandora has many more restrictions in their free version to qualify for "internet radio" licensing rates.
- imtyler 16y agoI'm pretty sure there's a legal loophole occurring here. All of the music on Grooveshark.com is uploaded by the users and Grooveshark is not responsible for the content. If the song is copyright it's user who broke the law, not Grooveshark. It's a similar concept to copyright videos on Youtube.
- noarchy 16y agoI can't imagine that this will hold up, in the long run. Torrent sites get taken down without even hosting actual content, the way that Grooveshark does. So wouldn't it simply be a matter of time before they either cut some sort of deal with the RIAA, or get shutdown completely?
- kevingailey 16y agoIt worked for YouTube, it its heyday it was all illegal content. They've already got a deal with EMI and prolly Universal soon (they're suing Grooveshark,but that's the same way they got the EMI liscense) Also they supposedly put a chunk of cash in an escrow account for when the labels come knocking.
- zhyder 16y agoYou're talking about DMCA safe harbor provisions, which would only apply if Grooveshark promptly took down content when requested by copyright owners. Further, Grooveshark isn't even claiming the service is for "user generated music". (YouTube is different on both those points.)
- cowpewter 16y agohttp://grooveshark.com/dmca http://grooveshark.com/dmca
- sudont 16y agoThe only music I’ve seen taken down was from the Beatles.
- zlapper 16y agoand Pink Floyd
- achompas 16y agocan't find Smashing Pumpkins on there either
- sudont 16y agoOh yeah, couldn’t find Gish on there the other day. Good point.
- tonyarkles 16y agoGlad to see that I'm not the only one. I was very confused, I was in a weird mood and was looking for both Pink Floyd and Smashing Pumpkins, but couldn't find either of them. Now I know...
- DevX101 16y agoShort answer: They're not.