Universal wins Grooveshark copyright battle lawsuit

RHIAN JONES

Universal Music has emerged triumphant in its long-running copyright lawsuit against Grooveshark, with a US Supreme Court of Appeals decision stating that pre-1972 recordings do not fall under the Digital Millenium Copyright Act.

The lawsuit, filed by Universal Music Group in 2011, alleged that Grooveshark had violated copyrights laws by hosting unlicensed music from Universal’s catalogue that was recorded prior to 1972.

Recordings from 1972 and onwards fall under the DMCA, which grants online service providers such as Grooveshark ...

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