EMI Sues Music Streaming Site Grooveshark
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In the new issue of Rolling Stone it calls the music streaming site Grooveshark the "audio version of YouTube," adding that it's "the best service for now because of its great selection, but it operates in a legal gray area. Enjoy it while it lasts." Well, we hoped you enjoyed it: EMI is suing the Florida-based Grooveshark, which has gained a popular following since launching in November 2008, for copyright violation, AllThingsD reports. Grooveshark was reportedly in the midst of a licensing deal with the major label, but instead EMI — as it has with streaming sites SeeqPod and Sideload — turned around and instead sued Grooveshark.
"We hope that EMI Records eventually follows the lead of the many forward-thinking labels we are already working with, who would rather get their artists exposure and a fair share of our revenue than block content access and force customers to illegal networks," Grooveshark's operators said in a statement following the lawsuit. The music streaming site insists they do have deals worked out with publishers, labels and artists, but don't get into specifics.
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Damn it, I never knew about this Grooveshark. Labels suck. Airbourne is awesome, by the way.
That album title is a motto to live by.
hahaha i got the song and lp titles inverted!
Haha. How you do it is my new motto to live by.
I'm surprised Prince has not jumped all over Groveshark or maybe he has and we don't know it. A friend of mine found some rare tracks of his on there. It's a great website full of rarities but then full of legal problems. Thanks for sharing!
YEAH
just read this post i am throwing up
SOOOO CRAZY!!
This kind of thing really chaps my hide. Do labels NOT want people exposing their artists to others who may want to buy their music? Isn't that like shooting yourself in the foot?
GS does not offer downloads, so what are they so afraid of? That people may accidentally hear one of their struggling artist's work and like it enough to run to Amazon or iTunes to buy it? Or, God forbid, something unfamiliar to them by one of their major artists? Or worse still, that someone may even want to share that music with others in a streaming widget or player?