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Entertainment & Sports

Apr. 26, 2013

Music streaming site Grooveshark can't host unlicensed music made before 1972, court rules

The New York State Supreme Court of Appeals reversed a lower court Tuesday, saying a safe harbor in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act only applies to music copyrighted after 1972

By Ryne Hodkowski

Daily Journal Staff Writer


The New York State Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that online streaming music service Grooveshark violated copyright laws by hosting unlicensed music from Universal Music Group's catalog recorded prior to 1972, reversing a lower court.


The Digital Millennium Copyright Act grants online service providers a safe harbor against copyright infringement for music copyrighted after 1972, so long as certain provisions are me...

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