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Grooveshark

Grooveshark was a web-based music streaming service owned and operated by Escape Media Group in the United States. Users could upload digital audio files, which could then be streamed and organized in playlists. The Grooveshark website had a search engine, music streaming features, and a music recommendation system.

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Website.name: Grooveshark
Website.logo: Grooveshark logo horizontal.svg
Website.commercial: Yes (freemium)
Website.type: Music
Website.registration: Optional
Website.owner: Escape Media Group Inc.
Website.launch_date: Closed on
Website.current_status: Defunct

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History
Pre-release (2006–2009)
Flash web player (2008–2012)
HTML5 web player (2012–2015)
Shutdown (2015)
Features
Critical reception
Copyright issues
Universal Music Group
Independent labels
See also
References

The company won a major lawsuit filed by Universal Music Group concerning use of Universal's pre-1972 recordings. Grooveshark was also sued for copyright violations by EMI Music Publishing, Sony Music Entertainment, and Warner Music Group. Concerns about copyrights led Apple and Facebook to remove Grooveshark's applications from the iOS App Store and Facebook Platform respectively. However, Grooveshark was available in alternative app stores, such as Cydia, Google Play and BlackBerry World. It was also a default application on Ubuntu Touch.