All Major Labels Are Now Suing Grooveshark ⇥

Grooveshark, a popular digital music service that is being sued for copyright infringement by three of the four major record companies, now has problems with the one big label that it has a licensing deal with.

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With the music industry coming to rely more and more on fully licensed services like Spotify and Rhapsody that stream music by subscription, EMI’s suit highlights the legal gray zone in which Grooveshark operates.

I always thought it suspicious how Grooveshark got away with streaming a huge library that includes digital music holdouts like Led Zeppelin and AC/DC. What a sketchy service, especially since non-EMI artists weren’t profiting from the advertising revenue.