So, after both reading a small article and going there myself to confirm it, MySpace has blocked out all the independent artists that use MySpace to distribute their music. For those of you that didn’t know, a large portion of MySpace’s success can be attributed to their music database and peoples lust for new, unheard music. Independent artists could place their music onto a page and allow others to download and listen to it as well as display a profile for the band and information regarding them. As it is now, only artists associated with major record labels can be accessed on MySpace (which, as a lot of sites are saying, is probably because those record labels all own a portion of MySpace).

So, why are we using MySpace again? Because I personally have no reason to go there now, how ’bout you folks?

[via TechDirt]