{"id":4863,"date":"2010-08-19T12:52:12","date_gmt":"2010-08-19T11:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=4863"},"modified":"2022-06-09T12:28:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T11:28:00","slug":"apple-pull-grooveshark-iphone-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/apple-pull-grooveshark-iphone-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Pull Grooveshark iPhone App"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4864\" href=\"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/apple-pull-grooveshark-iphone-app\/groove\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4864 lazyload\" title=\"groove\" src=\"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/groove-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/groove-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/groove-577x360.jpg 577w, https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/groove.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/a>Apple have completely pulled the <a href=\"http:\/\/listen.grooveshark.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grooveshark <\/a>iPhone app from it&#8217;s App Store following a copyright complaint from Universal Music U.K.<\/p>\n<p>Grooveshark stated on their <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.grooveshark.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blog<\/a>; &#8220;Earlier this afternoon, Apple sent us a letter notifying us that, due to a complaint they received from Universal Music Group UK, Grooveshark for iPhone has been, strangely, pulled from the App Store&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>This could be significant chapter in the ongoing row surrounding free and paid for digital music distribution. 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