New Music Business Briefing – MySpace Files Lawsuits & More
>>> Modest Mouse debuts at #1.
>>> MySpace marketers beware. They’ve brought new lawsuits to fight phishing, spam and bots.
>>> House of Blues Concerts veteran Alex Hodges has joined Nederlander Concerts as COO.
>>> A story and audio from NPR on how new higher royalty rates could drastically change the internet broadcasting landscape.
>>> Future Of Music Coalition and growing group of musicians lobby for net neutrality.
>>> The RIAA gets a letter showing the weakness of their case and drops at least one lawsuit.
>>> Bonnaroo buys the festival site for $8.7 million.
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There is a huge problem happening on myspace. Hackers.
By now, I’m sure all of you have got a comment, or even a msg from people you dont know, or even your best friend. Did you think they lost their mind when they sent you a comment about a free i-pod, or free coach bag, or ways to see whos been looking at your profile? Your friend hasn’t lost their mind. They have become victims to a random act of violence which is spreading through myspace.
This is a problem which could and can be fixed. Only thing is, Myspace is not trying to fix the issue. Ever sit down and wonder why your regular email address hasnt been hacked so easily, and people email out all your friends saying dumb shit or trying to sell something or give out free stuff. Thats because people like yahoo, gmail, hotmail, etc, all have their “good hackers” team, which sit down and try hacking their own sites to see if there are any problems. If they find a problem (loophole, backdoor to get in) then they fix. Thats to avoid people from hacking in.
So, how come myspace isnt doing this? Are they not making enough money? They are getting paid for advertising these big theater movie releases. They are getting paid by big musicians. Getting paid by comedians. Can they not afford to hire a team to better secure this site? Or do they just don’t care? They even claim to be “sueing” some hackers. Once again they are trying to get more money, but not sitting down to fix the issue for future hackers! And believe me there are A LOT.
They have a partnership with Snocap, for musicians to sell their music. Of course not all of that money being made by selling songs is going straight to the musician. This is yet another way they are making money. But why would they be so quick to delete an account , which has close to 50,000 friends, and are registered with Snocap to sell their music? It doesn’t make any sense. Its ridiculous!
We need to start a movement within myspace, to get the word out on what is happening. Continue forwarding this bulletin in hopes of a REVOLUTION FROM WITHIN.
ONE LOVE AND PEACE TO ALL