Apple Pulls Grooveshark From App Store, Because Universal Music Doesn't Like It
from the time-to-move-to-the-open-app-market dept
As a whole bunch of you have been submitting, apparently Apple yanked Grooveshark's iPhone app after receiving a complaint from Universal Music, one of the record labels who has sued Grooveshark, and is claiming that it has not properly licensed the music. Grooveshark has argued for years that what it's doing is legal, but multiple record labels have disagreed. Still, Apple wants to keep the major record labels happy, so bye-bye Grooveshark. Perhaps they should explore creating a web app and putting it on something like the OpenAppMkt, since that's outside of Apple's control...Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Filed Under: apps, copyright, music
Companies: apple, grooveshark, universal music
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Don't know why Universal is pulling the legal card though.
Discussing Grooveshark's look at DMCA takedowns
It'll be interesting if Universal loses the case...
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/shrug
m3mnoch.
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Looks like Spotify with no need to sign up or use standalone client. Thanks Universal for letting me know about it!
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What's with all the OpenAppMkt publicity?
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They've got everything, amazing variety. Two thumbs up for Grooveshark.
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Can you spell...
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Thanks for the headsup.
Now that the legacy giants are suing, it's safe to assume the service is actually provide some interesting value or otherwise doing something very right.
Thanks RIAA!
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This is one of the first decent music apps available in my country. I'm impressed and even considering paying for the VIP membership! Hats off, grooveshark.
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