Myspace OWNS your posted content....

["loop.pool" <looppool@cruzio.com>]

This is so chilling as to defy belief!!!!!!

I think very, very few musicians on MySpace know about this at all (see 
below).

I know that Tribe.net  is about to add both audio and video files.
I've been in contact with them (lobbying heavily for this service because 
they have
lost out so much to MySpace) so I will write them and ask them what their 
response is to this policy
and what policy they , themselves intend.

If I get a satisfactory and respectful answer to this situation I"ll let 
everyone know and
then, perhaps we can start a    Live Loopers at Tribe.net    thread.

Mark Sottilaro already has a Cycletronica tribe at tribe for loopers
and I started a LiveLoopers tribe there,  so we already have some presence.

More to come...............................


yours,  Rick Walker

ps what prompted this missive:


You can find the info under TERMS ON MYSPACE

 .. Proprietary Rights in Content on MySpace.com.

 1. By displaying or publishing ("posting") any Content, messages, text, 
files, images, photos, video, sounds, profiles, works of authorship, or 
any 
other materials (collectively, "Content") on or through the Services, you 
hereby grant to MySpace.com, a non-exclusive, fully-paid and royalty-free, 
worldwide license (with the right to sublicense through unlimited levels 
of 
sublicensees) to use, copy, modify, adapt, translate, publicly perform, 
publicly display, store, reproduce, transmit, and distribute such Content 
on 
and through the Services. This license will terminate at the time you 
remove 
such Content from the Services. You represent and warrant that: (i) you 
own 
the Content posted by you on or through the Services or otherwise have the 
right to grant the license set forth in this section, and (ii) the posting 
of your Content on or through the Services does not violate the privacy 
rights, publicity rights, copyrights, contract rights or any other rights 
of 
any person. You agree to pay for all royalties, fees, and any other monies 
owing any person by reason of any Content posted by you to or through the 
Services.
 2. The Services contain Content of MySpace.com ("MySpace.com Content"). 
MySpace.com Content is protected by copyright, trademark, patent, trade 
secret and other laws, and MySpace.com owns and retains all rights in the 
MySpace.com Content and the Services. MySpace.com hereby grants you a 
limited, revocable, nonsublicensable license to reproduce and display the 
MySpace.com Content (excluding any software code) solely for your personal 
use in connection with viewing the Website and using the Services.
 3. The Services contain Content of Users and other MySpace.com licensors. 
Except for Content posted by you, you may not copy, modify, translate, 
publish, broadcast, transmit, distribute, perform, display, or sell any 
Content appearing on or through the Services.