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# RIAA Wins $17 Million Lawsuit Against Grooveshark Clone
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/riaa-wins-17-million-lawsuit-against-grooveshark-clone-1/
- Published: 2015-12-15T12:25:58.000Z
- Updated: 2015-12-15T12:25:58.000Z
- Description: After Grooveshark was shut down by music industry lawsuits, a sophisticated clone site launched. It jumped from domain to domain for several weeks, but was eventually shut down.
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Major Labels, Music Business, Streaming, " copyright infringement, copyright, music industry, New York, Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act, Plant, Public domain, Recording Industry Association of America, Sirius XM Radio, The Turtles, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:22

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After **Grooveshark** was shut down by music industry lawsuits, **a sophisticated clone** site launched. It jumped from domain to domain for several weeks, but was eventually shut down.

The RIAA has won another major piracy lawsuit. The music trade group has won a case against a now defunct Grooveshark clone in New York federal court. The jdge granted the RIAA and its major label members more than $13 million in piracy damages alng with another $4 million for "willful counterfeiting," reports [TorrentFreak](https://torrentfreak.com/riaa-defeats-grooveshark-clone-in-court-wins-17-million-151214/?ref=hypebot.com).

**The judgement reads:**

[![image from images.clipartpanda.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d1843b94970c-150wi "image from images.clipartpanda.com")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d1843b94970c-popup?ref=hypebot.com)"Defendants have engaged in willful copyright infringement of Plaintiffs’ copyrights through the Counterfeit Service, which allows users to download and stream infringing copies of Plaintiffs’ copyrighted sound recordings directly from servers operated or controlled by Defendants, in violation of Plaintiffs’ copyrights.” 

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