Neowin News Feed for: Grooveshark

7 Days: A week of Microsoft losses, counting down to Windows 10 and a Universal piracy problem

Andy Weir — Sun, 26 Jul 2015 17:32:01 +0000

From Norton on Edge, and Emoji: The Movie, to super-flagships, uTorrent troubles, financials ups and downs, and the good ol' Windows app-gap, it's our regular roundup of the week's top tech news. Read more...

Grooveshark co-founder Josh Greenberg found dead, aged 28

Andy Weir — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 11:34:01 +0000

Greenberg was found dead by his girlfriend on Sunday night, just a few months after the music streaming service shut down to avoid paying huge damages to music labels for copyright infringement. Read more...

Grooveshark free music streaming service shuts down, apologizes for "very serious mistakes"

Andy Weir — Fri, 01 May 2015 11:42:01 +0000

Grooveshark has ceased operations to avoid paying up to $736m in damages to music labels for copyright violations, posting an apology on its site for 'failing to secure licenses from rights holders'. Read more...

Danish ISPs to begin blocking Grooveshark

Paul Ferson — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:17:13 +0000

A court in Denmark has ruled that the music site Grooveshark is to be blocked by internet providers due to its questionable previous history and approach to copyright. Read more...

Grooveshark faces another lawsuit

Paul Ferson — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 00:33:16 +0000

Grooveshark has been served another lawsuit, to continue its ongoing copyright issues. The lawsuit was issued on July 15th in the state of Tennessee. As CNET reports, the lawsuit comes with the backing of song... Read more...