Soribada
Sign in to saveSoribada () was the first Korean peer-to-peer file-sharing service, launched in 2000 by Sean Yang. The name 'Soribada' means "Ocean of Sound" or "Receiving (downloading) Sound". It was closed in 2002 by court order but continued to be distributed with a stipulation that its users were responsible for any of the files downloaded. On November 5, 2003, Soribada was relaunched as and in July 2004, the website was renewed as a P2P search portal with a paid MP3 service in December 2004.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- music streaming service
- Country
- South Korea
- Headquarters
- Seoul
- Industry
- peer-to-peer
- Official website
- www.soribada.com
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- location of formation
- Seoul
- social media followers
- 21551
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Charges of 2002
- Soribada 2.0
- Paid service
- Service stopped: September 2005
- Soribada 5 and 6
- Investment from [[China]]
- Notes
- References
- External links
Soribada () was the first Korean peer-to-peer file-sharing service, launched in 2000 by Sean Yang. The name 'Soribada' means "Ocean of Sound" or "Receiving (downloading) Sound". It was closed in 2002 by court order but continued to be distributed with a stipulation that its users were responsible for any of the files downloaded. On November 5, 2003, Soribada was relaunched as and in July 2004, the website was renewed as a P2P search portal with a paid MP3 service in December 2004.
It remains the most widely used P2P system in Korea. The most recent version of Soribada is Soribada 6, which is downloadable on their website.
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