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Grooveshark yanked from App Store, pandas everywhere made sad
Some people (including our own Victor Agreda Jr.) didn't understand why I was so shocked that Grooveshark's app had finally received Apple's blessing and showed up in the App Store. They had a pending lawsuit from one of the major record companies, after all. No matter, said Vic -- Apple doesn't concern itself with that stuff. It's up to the app developers to sort out those issues.... Or is it?
When that legal issue includes someone who pumps a lot of music content into iTunes, it's a horse of a different color. Universal UK decided to raise a stink with Apple over the Grooveshark approval and the app has now been pulled from the store.
"We are not sleeping until we find some way to fix this," says the official Grooveshark blog.
Of course, the blog also states "This is an absolute surprise to us," which translates to "We're really not surprised at all that a record company who is suing us would cry to Apple about getting us removed from the App Store because they don't like our app."
Who knows when Grooveshark will reappear on iTunes. With label pressure on Apple, it seems highly likely that the app might be dead in the water until Grooveshark's lawyers can work out something with Universal.
I guess those of us who managed to download should feel lucky that they're not using a remote kill switch to banish the app from our devices, right?
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Subscribe to commentsclonedAug 17th 2010 9:24AM
NOTE TO SELF : Never remove Grooveshark app from your iPhone.
I really wish they would have waited for iOS 4 Support with mutli-tasking and stuff.
isotrexAug 18th 2010 6:32AM
Dude, grooveshark was already available on cydia. You don't have to worry about anything unless you don't have a jailbroken ipod/ipad/iphone.
clonedAug 18th 2010 8:20AM
Yeah I know that.. They also never update the app. Grooveshark was not far from adding multi-task support for iOS 4. I doubt this will push them to update it for cydia...
EatmoldAug 17th 2010 9:28AM
Even though I don't use it, I am going to download the app from the Android Marketplace ..... because I can ;-)
This is why I got rid of my iPhone, I can't stand Monsieur Jobs' dictatorship!
clonedAug 17th 2010 9:32AM
Umm.. It was the record Labels that did it.. not jobs. The only reason its still on android is because its not getting any attention... you know for the lack of android popularity... Apple gets 5x the attention.
EatmoldAug 17th 2010 9:43AM
It was Apple who pulled the App.... they may have pandered to pressure from the record company. I am aware that the iPhone app will have been downloaded much more that the Android app.
My point is that this is a fight between the Record Company and Grooveshark and Apple should have said just that.
geebachuAug 17th 2010 9:49AM
@cloned
Do u even comprehend how many android devices there are out there on every single network??
Lack of android popularity....? HUH?????
OskieeAug 17th 2010 11:23AM
@geebachu
There are millions and millions of windows machines out there, and I dont see windows getting much attention these days.
Its about whos the bigger loud mouth, which apple is. Thus, they get more attention than Android, which i like it that way. Leave my Droid alone.
zipAug 17th 2010 1:06PM
that's why it's not always a good idea to support these bloody covet music companies by buying their songs.
APVAug 17th 2010 5:12PM
This makes no sense.
If Universal ACTUALLY cared, they'd be trying to shut down the grooveshark website first, or even at all.
But no, the mobile app is a lot more important for some reason... Though it in no way changes anything with it's removal.
AnthonyAug 18th 2010 11:27AM
For every "android" phone, there are 10 to 20 "iPhones". Maybe google should make a "iPod" device to make android cheaper.
Ariel HorwitzAug 18th 2010 6:27PM
For god sakes, Grooveshark, leave Apple alone. Don't you know they don't like developers? Just spend your time making my Android app better.
Much appreciated.