Concerns about copyrights led Apple and Facebook to remove Grooveshark's applications from the iOS App Store and Facebook platform respectively. Grooveshark was also sued for copyright violations by EMI Music Publishing, Sony Music Entertainment, and Warner Music Group. The company won a major lawsuit filed by Universal Music Group concerning use of Universal's pre-1972 recordings. The Grooveshark website had a search engine, music streaming features, and a music recommendation system.
Users could upload digital audio files, which could then be streamed and organized in playlists. Grooveshark was a web-based music streaming service owned and operated by Escape Media Group in the United States.
