File-sharing service Grokster will stop distributing software that allows users to copy songs without permission.

The settlement, announced by the Recording Industry Association of America, a trade group that represents the U.S. recording industry, comes four months after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Grokster and other Internet file-sharing networks were encouraging copyright infringement.

The settlement includes a permanent injunction prohibiting infringement, directly or indirectly, of any of the plaintiffs' copyrighted works. This includes the immediate cessation of the distribution of the Grokster client application, and the cessation of operation of the Grokster system and software, according to a music industry release reports Hollywood Reporter.