Music pirating streaming service Grooveshark has just shuttered its doors, never to open again. Today, all that remains is a contrite-hanging-head-in-shame message posted on a scrap of what used to be Grooveshark’s web page. Bloggers explain why it all happened, and how they could see this coming from a mile away.

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John Ribeiro finds it’s easy to stream music legally:

Streaming music service Grooveshark has closed down as part of a settlement with major record companies that had sued it for many years for copyright infringement.
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The music service, which started in 2006, is ceasing operations immediately and will erase all the copyrighted works of…record companies.  MORE

Steven Musil tells us of the murky depths Grooveshark swam in:

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