In a letter made public Thursday, spokesmen for the company Escape Media, owner of Grooveshark, said they had not properly paid content rights offering service , so that after nearly 10 years of service, he came to the decision . to close the site
“Dear fans: Today we close Grooveshark” begins the message where the company apologized for the “serious mistakes”. “We do not have licenses from the owners of the rights to the wealth of music available on the service. it was bad. We apologize. Unreservedly “.
After violations of regulations copyright have known the company was warned in a fine for more than 700 million dollars. However, the way to avoid that payment was to reach the end of the service agreement
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The statement also apologized to users and detailed that such determination is made by accordance with the labels that provides “clear all works copyrighted and protected by the companies separated from the ownership of the site, including mobile applications and intellectual property. “
Also they invited to respect copyright and recommended other sites that offer same service.
The site had 30 million users, according to its leaders.
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