Grooveshark was founded in 2006 by college students as a paid downloadable music service but later transitioned to being a free streaming music platform accessible through their website or applications. It allowed users to search, stream, and create playlists of music without having to download songs. However, Grooveshark faced major lawsuits over pre-1972 recordings and legal issues led to its services being removed from platforms like Google, Apple, and Facebook.

1. Grooveshark
Listen to Free Music online
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2. Outline
• History & Introduction
• Target group
• Visual design & how to use
• Operating Procedure
• Problem & issue
• Related websites
• Information resource

3. History & Introduction
• was founded in March 2006 by Sam Tarantino(CEO), Josh
Greenberg, Andrés Barreto when they were
undergraduates at the University of Florida
• First two years  paid downloadable music service (P2P
network called “Sharkbyte”)
• In 2008  click and play songs on the site without having
to download an application
• in 2009  revised : interface, customizable site themes,
drag-and-drop editing of playlists
• 2010  rewritten for HTML5, music player continued to
use Adobe Flash
• 2012  presented in full HTML5 player

4. History & Introduction
• Search engine
• Streaming service
• Recommendation music & application
• Commercial : Freemium

5. Target group

6. Target group

7. Visual design & how to use

8. Visual design & how to use

9. Visual design & how to use

10. Visual design & how to use

11. Visual design & how to use

12. Visual design & how to use

13. Operating Procedure

14. Problem & issue
• Pre-1972 recordings major lawsuits
• the liabilities have been estimated at US $17 billion
• Google, Apple and Facebook to remove Grooveshark's
applications

15. Related websites
• KKBOX

16. Information resource
• Alexa
• http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/http%3A%2F%2Fgrooves
hark.com%2F%23%21
• Wikipedia
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grooveshark#See_also

17. Thanks for listening :D