Apple Pulls Grooveshark Music Streaming App From ITunes

From PC World: Apple has pulled Grooveshark's music streaming application from its store due to a complaint from a major entertainment company just days after the application launched.

Grooveshark's iPhone application launched around Aug. 11, when Vishal Agarwala, its director of marketing and business development, wrote on Twitter that Apple had approved it. But just five days later, Apple sent Grooveshark a letter regarding the complaint.

Grooveshark, which competes with other streaming services such as Spotify, received a letter from Apple saying that Universal Music Group UK had complained and that its mobile application will be withdrawn from the iTunes Store, according to Grooveshark's blog.

"This comes as an absolute surprise to us, and we are not sleeping until we figure out exactly how to fix this and get Grooveshark for iPhone back in the App Store," according to Grooveshark's blog. "Above all, our biggest concern is damaging the service we provide to all of you guys -- our loyal (awesome) users. "

Those users who did manage to download Grooveshark in the five-day window will find the application still works. "If you've already downloaded the app, keep enjoying it," Grooveshark said on its blog.

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