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It is not theft or subtraction, it is piracy.

There was no loss when bits are copied, but because the downloader has no rights to the media, it is piracy.

There was no lost sales because the fact remains: the user wants a copy of the media or content without paying. To suggest that they would pay in some alternate universe is fantasy.


Looks like Facebook is taking over the page, not integrating with it. The top links are especially redundant.


No printer, but it works great on the iPad! Thanks for sharing the link!


The original was all Flash intro.


Nice 'troll' rick but most don't get it.


Merry Christmas! May your unauthorized performances bring you and yours happiness through out the year!


<plays a tiny violin for all the Flash haters out there>


This was news 2 months ago. You're probably out of time this year, but maybe next year.


The submission deadline is January 26th - while it might me tough if you were to start now, together with possible holiday obligations - but it's still possible.


Every time you code and listen to music, should you be paying the musician for the performance? I say yes.


Only if I get paid every time someone runs the code.


I switched back to http://retro.grooveshark.com It's more refined, runs fine on Windows, and it has more features. The Javascript version is too chunky for my taste. I can't see the song titles, overlays don't work, I'm not getting tips, etc.


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