In its early days, a lot of the music on Grooveshark was not licensed. U sers were uploading the son

Matt Rosoff and Jillian D'Onfro
" This is an important victory for artists and the entire music industry," the Recording Industry Association of America said in a statement . "For too long, Grooveshark built its business without properly compensating the artists, songwriters and everyone else who makes great music possible. This settlement ends a major source of infringing activity."
In its early days, a lot of the music on Grooveshark was not licensed. U sers were uploading the songs, not the company itself, but that argument has been tested on other services, like Napster, and so far it's never held legal water.
Back when Grooveshark started, there weren't any easy ways to listen to any song on demand at a reasonable price. But as the company said in its goodbye post , with the rise of paid services like Spotify, Songza, and many others, there are many legal choices to do what Grooveshark was doing (mostly) illegally.
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