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How we (incorrectly) counted streams at Grooveshark

• TylerLives 5y ago
  I miss this website so much. It had a soul, unlike most websites today. Post about the pirate flag is also worth reading.
  • skeptic7465 5y ago
    >But the one thing that was never an inspiration for the pirate flag: music piracy. Give me a break. That is ridiculous and unbelievable. The entire point of Grooveshark was music piracy (something else this guy absurdly denies, putting his credibility at 0), and now he's gonna tell us that the giant pirate flag had nothing to do with that? If I were him, maybe I'd say the same thing to cover my ass. But this is about as obvious of a self-serving lie as any I've ever seen.
    • TylerLives 5y ago
      Iirc, they wanted to make a "YouTube for music". It's unfortunate it didn't work out for them, because a lot of the same piracy problems were present on YouTube.
    • chews 5y ago
      I read it differently, and much like Apple’s pirate flag it’s just about being a rebel.