Re: [ REVIEW ] nanoGroove 1.0 – grooveShark client with Playlist support
 

I am sorry, what is the difference between grooveshark and the free Internet radio you are promoting in your signature? Are you trying to make the argument that selecting the songs you want to listen to makes it illegal, but its legal when someone else selects the songs for you?

Re: [ REVIEW ] nanoGroove 1.0 – grooveShark client with Playlist support
 

No, you miss the point. With radio, commercial or otherwise, you could always record the songs that were played. There's nothing to prevent that unless recording devices are outlawed. But you are limited to what the station plays, low quality, talk overs, etc., and you have to wait for the station to play the song you want.

But with GrooveShark you can choose what you want to record. You can play and record an entire album and not have to pay for it. If GrooveShark allowed you to download an actual mp3 file without paying for it that would clearly be illegal. But instead of downloading you stream the audio. Audio which can be recorded and saved as an mp3. It's just an extra step for the end user to get an illegal mp3.

GrooveShark isn't providing the mp3, but the means to obtain it. I won't get into the legality of GrooveShark. It's still being debated over and I'm not a lawyer. But with GrooveShark a person is able to aquire just about any song they want without having to pay for it.

Re: [ REVIEW ] nanoGroove 1.0 – grooveShark client with Playlist support
 

Great app. I paid the $5 and became a grooveshark 'VIP' member so it is a win-win for everyone.

Re: [ REVIEW ] nanoGroove 1.0 – grooveShark client with Playlist support
 

Um, you can download the MP3 directly from grooveshark if you want, that is not in question. What is in question is the legality of streaming audio through nanogroove apparently. Somehow, you feel it is legal to listen to crappy sounding music that someone else has chosen, but is illegal to listen to good quality music that you have chosen.

Either way, it is certainly not illegal for any end user, and the legality of the service would only affect those running the grooveshark website. And what century are we living in where people are "recording" streaming audio with a program? I mean are you kidding me?

Re: [ REVIEW ] nanoGroove 1.0 – grooveShark client with Playlist support
 

When did I say it was illegal to listen to music? I was questioning the legality of RECORDING the audio stream, not the listening of it. And please direct me to the link on GrooveShark where I can download FREE mp3s.

As far as the legality of GrooveShark itself, that's still up in the air. They just got sued again...

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13526_3-10432132-27.html

Re: [ REVIEW ] nanoGroove 1.0 – grooveShark client with Playlist support
 

I hope this app/website doesnt go the way seeqpod did. Legal troubles I hear brought them down, and being bankrupt. Long live grooveshark :) And, from my point of view, this app isnt a whole lot different from saving youtube videos of songs, and playing them back later from a favorites folder.
dschoenike

Re: [ REVIEW ] nanoGroove 1.0 – grooveShark client with Playlist support
 

I think that this seems great in principle, but what happens if Grooveshark gets taken down? Additionally, since this is an application with a cost, and none of the revenue is going to Grooveshark, couldn't Grooveshark sue the maker for making a profit off of their intellectual property?
If it was free I would download without hesitation, but since it costs money I might save my 5 bucks for something else. I just have a bad feeling that Grooveshark will go down or this app will.

Re: [ REVIEW ] nanoGroove 1.0 – grooveShark client with Playlist support
 

This work pretty good I just have to built up my playlist on GrooveShark. But it made my phone crash a few times and also my sound on my phone was gone for a bit, but after a couple of soft resets it fixed it.

Defiantly not worth 5$ :-\"

Re: [ REVIEW ] nanoGroove 1.0 – grooveShark client with Playlist support
 

I am sure no one cares... but i keep hearing about the precious $5 argument and "what if grooveshark goes down?". man i drop $5 on a venti mocha, it goes down and its gone in 10 minutes and i never get to use it again. I drop $5 on a double double and same thing. but they sure are good while you got em. so if i get to use nanogroove for the next two months and then "it goes down"- who really cares?

just saying....

Re: [ REVIEW ] nanoGroove 1.0 – grooveShark client with Playlist support
 

It looks like the developer's interpretation of being able to access your Grooveshark playlists is pretty pathetic. Yes, after a number of clicks to get there you can see your playlist. But to get there and actually play your songs: Start Nanogroove, choose Playlists from the menu, click the refresh button, select the playlist from the drop-down list, click on the arrow by EVERY song in your list that you want to play, choose Player from the menu, then click the icon next to the song you want to play. (I can't tell you what happens after the first song plays, since with the trial version after all this the app times out before one song can finish). This all wouldn't be quite so bad if it would save what I just did, but no. Next time you start Nanogroove - start again from step 1. Yes, you have to do this all again EVERY TIME. I haven't figured out why others are saying this app is so great??? :(:(:(