R.I.P. Gooveshark Co-Founder Josh Greenberg

Josh Greenberg

Josh Greenberg, co-founder of Grooveshark, was found dead at his home in Gainesville, Florida Sunday.

He was 28, according to Music Business Worldwide.

According to local reports, police have told Greenberg’s family that they have found no immediate evidence of ‘foul play, injuries or drugs’.

Greenberg officially founded Grooveshark with Sam Tarantino in 2007.

The largely unlicensed streaming platform went on to become a scourge of anti-piracy activists in the music industry, boasting in excess of 20 million registered users.

That was until two months ago, when Greenberg and Tarantino agreed to shut the site down in a legal settlement with all three major labels.

The decision meant that the duo escaped any possible hefty fine for Grooveshark’s near-eight years of copyright infringement.

Speaking to the Gainesville Sun, Greenberg’s mother said her son was ‘more relieved than depressed’ about the settlement since ‘it ended the lawsuit that had been hanging over his head’.

“He was excited about potential new things that he was going to start,” she said.

A medical examiner was due to perform an autopsy on Josh Greenberg today (July 20), while toxicology results are due in two or three months.