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— Perri Nelson, November 6, 2008
MySpace to Block Copyright Music
Published Tue, Oct 31 2006 8:55 AM
Technorati Tags: Computers and Internet, Music
Don't upload that song!
MySpace.com will use "audio fingerprinting" technology to block users from uploading copyright music to the social networking site, the company said Monday.
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"MySpace is staunchly committed to protecting artists' rights, whether those artists are on major labels or are independent acts," said Chris DeWolfe, MySpace chief executive and co-founder.
The company said users who repeatedly attempt to upload copyright music files will be permanently barred from the site.
Source: MySpace to Block Copyright Music - Forbes.com
I wonder how this will affect the artists that have spaces on MySpace? There are quite a few independent acts with spaces. I know that "Weird Al" Yankovic has one.
Anyway, if you're not the artist or the record label, this is the other side of the file sharing coin. It's a violation of the artist's copyright to download the music, but it's a bigger violation to upload it.
How about the thousands of music videos people have uploaded to YouTube? YouTube has made deals with record labels to license music rather than filter the music. So I guess it's still OK to link to them or embed the tags in your blogs. They'll take down the videos that copyright holders complain about though.
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