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Grooveshark has removed every file that Universal requested them to remove through the appropriate channels. If they didn't they would've been shut down a long time ago. Grooveshark is completely safe in assuming that any remaining Universal content posted on their site is approved by Universal.


That's what the courts will determine. I am skeptical.


Then I'm happy to free you from your skepticism: that's what the courts have determined. Grooveshark has safe harbor. It's a fact.


What courts have determined that? For what jurisdictions? Seems like if they could take down MegaUpload, Grooveshark should be a cinch.


> What courts have determined that?

The New York court mentioned in the article these comments are attached to.

The MegaUpload case is entirely different. It is a federal criminal indictment and none of the allegations have yet been proven in court. Grooveshark has not been charged with anything of the sort. However, given that Hollywood has circulated a "hit list" of businesses they want to kill around Washington (one of which was MU, incidentally), I would not be overly surprised if it comes to that eventually.




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