Grooveshark ruled against in copyright lawsuit
The four-year legal battle between Grooveshark and the major labels may be drawing to a close, as Grooveshark is found liable for copyright infringement.
On Monday, (September 29) Judge Thomas P. Griesa of United States District Court in Manhattan ruled that Grooveshark was liably for copyright infringement, as its own employees – including chief exec Samuel Tarantino and Joshua Greenberg, chief technology officer – had uploaded a total of 5,977 tracks without label permission.
These songs were not protected under ‘safe ...
Login to access this article
To access this article you need to be a subscriber. If you are a subscriber login below.
Login NowSubscribe
If you have previously taken a trial you will need to subscribe to access this article.
Subscribe Now
