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Besides Spotify?

Pandora *really* likes Mumford and Sons. Grooveshark seems okay...

Huh. That stinks.

I used to use playlist until I got annoyed with it...I use youtube now.

This. I use youtube as a way of previewing music, then I'll just buy the album in full.

Iheartradio is good!

Grooveshark is 100% illegal, the only reason they haven't been shut down is because all of their music is uploaded by their users so they hide behind that. Don't use grooveshark whatever you do. They pay for nothing while making a killing. Try Rdio.

Generally speaking I don't care when my posts get downvoted, but if you have a problem with me pointing out that Grooveshark, a company that has been sued on dozens of occasions for illegal use of copyrighted works (and hides behind "our users did it" every time) is illegal then I just don't know what to tell you.

I don't even care if people want to pirate, I was just stating a fact. If you are looking to not support piracy and theft of copyrighted content, don't use grooveshark. Period. It is illegal. That's not condemn the service for being illegal (though I do believe that Grooveshark specifically is a company that needs to go out of business) it's just a statement of fact. What they do is illegal, that have been sued many many times and hide behind the guise of user responsibility without taking an steps to remove copyrighted content.

Generally speaking I don't care when my posts get downvoted, but if you have a problem with me pointing out that Grooveshark, a company that has been sued on dozens of occasions for illegal use of copyrighted works (and hides behind "our users did it" every time) is illegal then I just don't know what to tell you.

I agree with lp and jbeers.  Stealing music online is still stealing, and there's nothing wrong with pointing that out.

From the perspective of a recording artist, I'd rather people buy my music when they download it, but I'd rather they downloaded it illegally than didn't have it at all. For artists, it's all about having people listen to and like your stuff, and the money is a nice bonus. It's the labels and distributors who get hit when you pirate, but they steal from the artist to get it in the first place. So if you think stealing from a thief at the request of the original owner is still the sinful kind of stealing, yeah, don't download music. Otherwise, I recommend buying it directly from the artist first, and if you can't do so or can't afford it, go ahead and fire up BitTorrent.