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Reposting a reply by Jackson800 to a comment below: If you act quick, you can access some of your playlist data by logging in here: http://groovebackup.com/
That failed for most of my playlists and favorites. However, it's also possible to get some playlists from your browsers local cache: https://www.dropbox.com/s/h9ubz6l2uedt6mc/Screenshot%202015-...
The site is just an image with small text, so I've transcribed it here; --- Dear music fans, Today we are shutting down Grooveshark. We started out nearly ten years ago with the goal of helping fans share and discover music. But despite the best of intentions, we made very serious mistakes. We failed to secure licenses from rights holders for the vast amount of music on the service. That was wrong. We apologize. With…
As part of the settlement agreement with the major record companies, we have agreed to cease operations immediately, wipe clean all of the record companies’ copyrighted works and hand over ownership of this website, our mobile apps and intellectual property, including our patents and copyrights. Yeah Grooveshark was really getting in the way of me paying for that album ($10) and song ($1.something) I paid for in the…
Reposting a reply by Jackson800 to a comment below: If you act quick, you can access some of your playlist data by logging in here: http://groovebackup.com/
That failed for most of my playlists and favorites. However, it's also possible to get some playlists from your browsers local cache: https://www.dropbox.com/s/h9ubz6l2uedt6mc/Screenshot%202015-...
As incontrovertibly illegal and probably unethical as this website was, I'm going to miss it. It was a great way to discover new music and I've become a fan of many artists that I found through it. There really is nothing like throwing a bunch of songs in the queue and saying "give me more music like this" using its radio service.
I interned at a quasi-competitor whose deal was to allow you to upload your own music (pre-Google Music) and I remember one of the founders constantly talking about how Grooveshark wouldn't last long with all the lawsuits. That was ~6 years ago, and honestly I'm astonished it took this long.
It's a shame to see it go. I don't have much faith in this happening, but hopefully some of the code makes it out of all this.
The site is just an image with small text, so I've transcribed it here; --- Dear music fans, Today we are shutting down Grooveshark. We started out nearly ten years ago with the goal of helping fans share and discover music. But despite the best of intentions, we made very serious mistakes. We failed to secure licenses from rights holders for the vast amount of music on the service. That was wrong. We apologize. With…
It seems so easy compensate that second group that I work harder breathing each day. That first group, it seems like I could get a message to mars easier than to send them a whole dollar.
All my favorite songs, albums and bands were listed there, and only there. I used Grooveshark for a few years, and enjoyed it. Thank you for that.
But also fuck you.
Throwing away data like that is unforgivable for a service. Imagine Facebook disappearing with your list of friends, or Google Docs with your documents. Since ownership was transferred, I don't expect to see my data again. And this destroys all goodwill I had.
"The writing was on the wall!" Whose wall? Certainly not mine, not with Youtube and its obviously pirated songs still existing.
Thank you for the generous service, Grooveshark, but fuck you for destroying my music collection.
(no, it's not on groovebackup.com)
I discovered it a few minutes ago because I had just purchased a Premium Spotify license and opened Grooveshark to export my collections. All my favorite songs, albums and bands were listed there, and only there. I used Grooveshark for a few years, and enjoyed it. Thank you for that. But also fuck you. Throwing away data like that is unforgivable for a service. Imagine Facebook disappearing with your list of friends,…