CNET is reporting Wednesday that the popular music app is absent from the Android Market, with Google telling the publication: “We remove apps from Android Market that violate our terms of service.” We’ve reached out to Grooveshark for comment. As of now, there’s no word as to whether the app will be remotely removed from users’ smartphones.
Back in August, the app was also removed from the Apple App Store amid record label complaints. Unlike services like Rdio, MOG, Spotify and Rhapsody, music is added to the service by its users, which means that copyright violations are much more likely.
We can’t help but think, at this juncture, of Google’s own proposed music service, which has been all over the web lately. This service would act as a locker for users’ music, allowing them to listen to jams across devices, among other functions.
Seeing how Google has allegedly yet to get all the licenses it needs from the music labels, it doesn’t seem that far-fetched that the company would pull an app that raises the labels’ ire at .
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