Nearly 16 months after Google’s unceremonious removal of the
Grooveshark music streaming app from its app store, the popular app for
Android-based devices has recently been made available again in the
Google Play store.
According to the information shared by Grooveshark, the app - which
is run by the Gainsville, Florida-based Escape Media Group – has been
reinstated in the Google Play app store after the company worked things
out with Google.
The Grooveshark app – which enables users to upload their own music,
which others can stream – has been running into problems with mobile app
stores, after it was yanked by Apple from its App Store in August 2010,
soon after the app’s launch, because of copyright-related complaints.
Despite the fact that Grooveshark asserts that it has obtained
licenses from over 1,000 record labels and distributed the musical
creations of 25,000 independent artists, leading US music labels –
including Universal Music Group Recordings, Warner Bros. Records and
Sony Music Entertainment – have filed copyright-infringement against the
company, alleging that it does not have a license or authorization for
most of the works offered on the website.
However, about Google bringing back the contentious app in Google
Play, Grooveshark said in a Tuesday statement: “After working closely
with Google to get rogue apps removed, we're delighted that the official
Grooveshark app has been reinstated in the Android market.”
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