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| Soribada.com, Inc. | |
Native name | 주식회사 소리바다 |
Romanized name | Jusikhoesa Soribada |
| Company type | public company |
| KRX: 053110 | |
| Industry | peer-to-peer system |
| Genre | K-pop |
| Founded | Seoul, South Korea (October 5, 2001) |
| Founder | Yang Jung-hwan (Sean Yang) |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | South Korea |
Key people | Yang Jung-hwan (Founder) Son Ji-hyun (CEO) |
| Owner | ISPC International Limited (10.25%) Yang Jung-hwan and Yang Il-hwan (7.94%) |
| Subsidiaries | CCM Sky DePassion Co., Ltd. Soribada Education Soribada Games Will Entertainment Will Investment |
| Website | soribada |
Soribada (Korean: 소리바다) 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.
In 2017, the site held their first Soribada Best K-Music Awards, after 17 years since the site's launch.