Grooveshark

Grooveshark was a web-based <a href="/facts/Music_streaming_service/x7gDWdEG">music streaming service</a> owned and operated by Escape Media Group in the United States. Users could upload <a href="/facts/Digital_audio/PgugcLAI">digital audio</a> files, which could then be streamed and organized in <a href="/facts/Playlist/dV3NlYS8">playlists</a>. The Grooveshark website had a <a href="/facts/Search_engine/SRntsbz2">search engine</a>, <a href="/facts/Music_streaming/4rPhSq0Y">music streaming</a> features, and a music recommendation system.
The company won a major lawsuit filed by <a href="/facts/Universal_Music_Group/VufxcUef">Universal Music Group</a> concerning use of Universal's pre-1972 recordings. Grooveshark was also sued for <a href="/facts/Copyright/7GHEWEx9">copyright</a> violations by <a href="/facts/EMI/MxDTCNeq">EMI Music Publishing</a>, <a href="/facts/Sony_Music/G2expBwI">Sony Music Entertainment</a>, and <a href="/facts/Warner_Music_Group/r0x3FlQE">Warner Music Group</a>. Concerns about copyrights led <a href="/facts/Apple_Inc./oTJYta3k">Apple</a> and <a href="/facts/Meta_Platforms/ylApt16y">Facebook</a> to remove Grooveshark's applications from the <a href="/facts/App_Store_(Apple)/0yqcGqey">iOS App Store</a> and <a href="/facts/Facebook_Platform/IoHpQE94">Facebook Platform</a> respectively. However, Grooveshark was available in alternative app stores, such as <a href="/facts/Cydia/vnXLc0KE">Cydia</a>, <a href="/facts/Google_Play/j3N4wv6g">Google Play</a> and <a href="/facts/BlackBerry_World/S3sJxg5Q">BlackBerry World</a>. It was also a default application on <a href="/facts/Ubuntu_Touch/Wat4drUo">Ubuntu Touch</a>.
On April 30, 2015, Grooveshark abruptly shut down as part of a settlement between the service and <a href="/facts/Universal_Music_Group/VufxcUef">Universal Music Group</a>, <a href="/facts/Sony_Music_Entertainment/G2expBwI">Sony Music Entertainment</a>, and <a href="/facts/Warner_Music_Group/r0x3FlQE">Warner Music Group</a>.

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