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# RIAA, Major Labels Find New Ally In Battle Against Grooveshark: Google
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/major-labels-find-new-ally-in-their-battle-against-grooveshark-google/
- Published: 2015-03-24T09:55:00.000Z
- Updated: 2015-03-24T09:55:00.000Z
- Description: The major labels have long seen Grooveshark as the enemy, launching lawsuits and shutting the music streamer out wherever they could. Now they've found a new ally in their ongoing. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2015/03/major-labels-find-new-ally-in-their-battle-against-grooveshar
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Major Labels, Music Business, Streaming, " copyright infringement, Artist, Domain name registrar, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Go Daddy, ICANN, Motion Picture Association of America, Recording Industry Association of America, TorrentFreak, United States, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:28

[![pirate](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d0f3abfb970c-150wi "pirate")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d0f3abfb970c-popup?ref=hypebot.com)The **major labels** have long seen **Grooveshark as the enemy,** launching lawsuits and shutting the music streamer out wherever they could. Now they've found **a new ally** in their ongoing battle with Grooveshark – **Google**.

[![grooveshark logo](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d0f3ac39970c-150wi "grooveshark logo")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d0f3ac39970c-popup?ref=hypebot.com)

The RIAA and the major record labels have targeted Grooveshark with an unprecedented level of take down notices. According to new Google stats shared by [Torrentfreak](https://torrentfreak.com/riaa-bites-grooveshark-with-record-google-takedowns-150323/?ref=hypebot.com), last month the streaming service became the 7th most reported site, joining a list of some of the most notorious pirates in the world.

In the last month, the labels, RIAA and IFPI sent Google 346,619 complaints about Grooveshark, including 10,000 in one [notice](https://www.chillingeffects.org/notices/10503543?ref=hypebot.com) alone.

The net result of all of these takedown requests appears to be a dramatic decrease in traffic to Grooveshark – particularly traffic from search. This traffic ranking comes from [Alexa](http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/grooveshark.com?ref=hypebot.com):

[![image from traffic.alexa.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d0f3ab29970c-350wi "image from traffic.alexa.com")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d0f3ab29970c-popup?ref=hypebot.com)

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