Grooveshark Co-Founder Found Dead at 28

by Todd Spangler

Josh Greenberg, co-founder and CTO of legally embattled music-streaming site Grooveshark, was found dead Sunday evening in his Gainesville, Fla., home, according to police.

Greenberg did not have any health problems and police said there was no evidence of foul play or drugs, his mother, Lori Greenberg, told the Gainesville Sun. In a tweet Monday, the Gainesville Police Dept. said there was “no evidence of foul play or suicide” in his death.

Josh Greenberg formed Grooveshark in 2006 with Sam Tarantino when they were students at U. of Florida. It shut down operations this April after the company lost a copyright-infringement lawsuit filed major record labels and reached a settlement with the industry.

“Despite the best of intentions, we made very serious mistakes,” they wrote on the website. “We failed to secure licenses from rights holders for the vast amount of music on the service. That was wrong. We apologize. Without reservation. ”

Grooveshark’s parent company, Escape Media Group, agreed to pay $75 million to labels Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment and Warner Music Group if Grooveshark violated the terms of the settlement.

According to Lori Greenberg, Josh was relieved rather than depressed about the settlement, per the Gainesville Sun. “He was excited about potential new things that he was going to start,” she said.

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