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Grooveshark And The Future Of Music On The Go.

The first thing I always say to someone who rattles on about buying an iPhone is "Will you use the built in iPod?" If they so no then I suggest Android. Not meaning to turn this into a smartphone debate along the same old beaten path, but (generally) BlackBerry is for business users, Apple is for music lovers and Android is for app lovers. Each OS has its own distinct target audience and each OS works in different ways. You've got to find the one that works for you.

Now, the reason I'm talking about mobile operating systems is because of the whole Phone+iPod=iPhone formula. When the iPhone first came out, the idea was genius. MP3 was all the rage and most people had an iPod and a mobile phone. Combining the two was always going to be on the cards. Sony had a go too with the Walkman rage of phones but ultimately it was Apple who dominated. Why past tense? Because you've got to question where portable music is now going.

The iPod is on its way out so how will iPhone users get their music in the future? We'll be looking at apps like Grooveshark and Spotify where we can stream music from the internet through our smartphones and into our eager little ears. Problem is that Google yesterday removed Grooveshark’s music app from the Android Market after some of the top music labels have accused the service of violating copyright law.

“We remove apps from Android Market that violate our terms of service,” a Google spokesman. This echoes Apple who removed Grooveshark from its App Store in August after also receiving complaints from the top record companies last year,

The removal of Grooveshark highlights the problem with music streaming. It's taking over. It will replace CDs and MP3 Downloads. There’s no arguments about that. But until everyone learns to be friends the music industry will make it as hard as they can for streaming services to develop. Grooveshark is a classic example. Another is the delay in Spotify US, (due to the cost of paying the record companies to keep them quiet.) Anyone who knows anything about the music industry will say (and quite rightly too) that the streaming services and the music industry (bands and management alike) have to work together! You can take Grooveshark off Android but something else will pop up in its place. Or perhaps now some users out there who would have used this app have now gone off and illegally downloaded tracks instead.

One thought on “Grooveshark And The Future Of Music On The Go.

  • I think Grooveshark has been banned by Google in the android market

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