Today, reports have confirmed that MySpace has lost over 50
million songs uploaded to the platform between 2003 and 2015.
MySpace has confirmed that the loss was due to a server migration
project. We take a moment to reflect on what this could mean for
any songwriters that relied on the platform as an evidential record
of their copyright-protected works.
Founded in 2003, MySpace is considered as one of the world's
first social media platforms. In the days before Facebook and
Spotify, MySpace was also once considered a key player in the
UK's music industry. Breaking down the barriers between artists
and their fans, MySpace thrived as a tool for artists to
communicate with fans in real time – giving their fans
instant access to new music and information about upcoming gigs. It
was a successful marketing platform used by both established and
up-and-coming artists. Allowing fans to stream music for free was
considered good promo for an artist's commercially
