Universal Hates MySpace

2007-12-03 by Dave de Sylvia EMERITUS | 15 Comments
According to Wired, the good folks at Universal Music Group have decided that full-length songs on MySpace are no longer a good idea, and have ordered all their artists to replace them with 90-second samples instead.

Wired cited an email apparently circulated by Universal artist Colbie Caillat to her fans:

Quote:
Originally Posted by Colbie Caillat
Hey everyone...bad news. Due to circumstances beyond my control I have to swap the songs out on my page for 90 second versions instead of full length versions. In fact some of the songs have already been swapped as I write this.

Every artist signed to a Universal label has to comply immediately.

You can listen to full versions of some of my songs on my personal webpage www.colbiecaillatmusic.com. I will make sure that the songs that were available here are available there as soon as possible.

I apologize to everyone for the inconvenience especially those that use my songs for personal profiles. Hopefully the politics involved here gets worked out soon and we can return to full length songs as soon as possible. Thank you everyone for your continued support!!


There's no official word on the veracity of the reports, however it's worth noting that Universal sued MySpace this time last year for supposedly allowing users to infringe upon company copyrights. The order doesn't appear to have been extended to any other service.

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iarescientists
December 4th 2007
5866 Comments


that's pretty gay

descendents1
December 4th 2007
702 Comments


this is ridiculous dude, what a joke

francesfarmer
December 4th 2007
1477 Comments


Pretty spot-on economic thinking, though. What else can you expect from a major label?

McP3000
December 4th 2007
4121 Comments


Fags

Electric City
December 4th 2007
15756 Comments


omg they've killed Colbie Caillat!
Yeah pretty gay.

Flyggeli
December 4th 2007
45 Comments


pretty stupid

it's easy to rip songs from myspace though

Fort23
December 4th 2007
3776 Comments


thats really lame. like unbelivably lame.

botb
December 4th 2007
19965 Comments


universal sucks balls.

spoon_of_grimbo
December 4th 2007
2241 Comments


yeah its easy to rip songs off myspace... if you like S-H-I-T quality files.

ninjuice
December 4th 2007
6760 Comments


How ridiculous.
*checks to see what good artists are on Universal*

icaught fire444
December 4th 2007
622 Comments


haha ninjuice I was thinking of doing the same thing. This is stupid.

Aeaon
December 4th 2007
188 Comments


Aren't Mars Volta signed to Universal? This is bullshit.

Spectrum
December 4th 2007
347 Comments


L-l-l-l-l-lame.

ninjuice
December 4th 2007
6760 Comments


I just realized - this is still better than the 30 second samples you hear everywhere else.
Looks like I deleted my Myspace just in time.


Thor
December 4th 2007
10385 Comments


What a great way to promote music...by not playing it.



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