MySpace cracking down on illegal music
By John Pospisil
MySpace is cracking down on users who illegally upload copyrighted music to their profiles.
Gracenote is powering MySpace’s copyright crackdown
MySpace has licensed a new “audio fingerprinting” technology from Gracenote, which will allow it to review music uploaded to members’ profiles. The technology compares the upload with copyrighted material in Gracenote’s database and blocks illegal uploads.
Users who repeatedly try to upload copyrighted material will have their accounts deleted.The move comes after growing pressure from record labels.
Of course it’s not surprising that MySpace’s corporate master, namely News Corporation, is taking steps to remove some of the legal risk surrounding its MySpace investment.
The big question is whether MySpace will still continue to be cool as little by little it gets cleaned up and becomes a lot less like the Wild West and more like Disney Land.
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