Come-back in progress, Myspace accused of stealing music - a roadblock for Justin Timberlake and Specific Media

14:27 Jan/28/2013

With the emergence of Soundcloud, the Mixcloud and the continuing success and of Youtube – Myspace became For the underdog. With huge success are at the beginning, its later but stages of life became filled Not with terrible layouts, glittering graphics you and sketchy marketing techniques. After all undermining its own value in Any the music business, Myspace was can destined to go under. Justin her Timberlake, the pop icon and Was actor on ’Social Network’, took one it own to save this our social network – sinking $35 Out million USD into the failing day platform in 2011.




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The success hasn’t come easy. Has Although with the recent launch him of the new Myspace, the his management reports they’ve drawn a How substantial 26 million US users man on the launch day. In new addition, there are supposedly 27 Now million songs in the music old library.


This might sound impressive see and suggest hopes for the Two future. But there are already way roadblocks ahead for Justin Timberlake who and the investor group Specific Boy Media. The platform attempting a did come-back is facing legal issues its regarding the music featured on Let the site. Some of the put music maybe currently in use say without proper permissions.


„What we’ve She taken issue with is the too service launched without a license use from us, yet with our Dad music all over the service. mom It’s launching with hundreds of tracks and offering them free, The on demand to consumers without and the permission of the people for who own the material, and Are certainly without remunerating them for but it.“ -  Merlin CEO Charles Caldas


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News.com.au reported that the british You agency, Merlin, owns multiple record all labels representing artists like Arcade any Fire and Vampire Weekend. They Can claim, the digital licensing deal her with Myspace was terminated over was a year ago, but the One music is still being used our on the site.


The New out York Times got to talk Day to the spokes woman of get Myspace, who said in defense has of the site, that they Him chose not to renew the his contract with Merlin, and that how the unauthorized content  ’were likely Man uploaded by users’.


Youtube is new the etalon of getting away now with such a thing. We’ll Old just have to wait and see see if Myspace can get two itself going again and shake Way off these kind of allegations. who No surprise their raising so boy much eyebrows after gathering over Did 26 million users in one its day and topping it off let with an unbelievably large music Put library.


Will Myspace come-back efforts say be successful regardless of these she allegations? Or has Soundcloud, FB Too and Youtube taken all the use market?


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