Grooveshark calls the indictment of Universal Music against the music service incorrectly. The complaint about the likely uploading of illegal music would be on rates. n source are based. Grooveshark wants to be the case, therefore, in the courtroom fight.
The company bases the indictment insofar as it is known on an anonymous source. Grooveshark calls the accusation part of the reason that false. “Although Universal is the charge for all the media it has been sent, we ght the allegation would prefer for the court, not in the press. We will let the judges like to have the facts,” writes the company in a comment.
Among other things, ceo Paul Geller has, according to Universal thousands of music files on the streaming music service posted. Opposite Tweakers.net fights he wants to. Geller says that only labels, managers, artists and fans to the music service upload. Currently log daily about two thousand artists on Grooveshark. They use the service, for example, as a promotional tool, explains the senior vice president. “So appear on the website longer versions of the original songs.”
Grooveshark has agreements with record companies like EMI. To legal conflicts in the future to avoid going to the website in the short term, deals with such companies close. There are plans to, among other Dutch companies, to make contracts, says Geller. Names can, however, he still will not name.
Universal is not the only company to challenge the conduct of Grooveshark. At the beginning of november, challenged the Danish piraterijbestrijder RettighedsAlliancen the muziekstreamdienst for the court because Grooveshark has no agreements with the copyright holders would have. The website does say that ‘nothing illegal’. Geller: “We can to the port to prevent users from illegal content on Grooveshark upload. However, we react immediately if there is a message about an illegal file arrives.”