Written by: methodshop
on November 1, 2006.

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THE SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE MYSPACE.COM has started vetting the music files uploaded by members for copyright violations, the company said Monday.

In a deal that rolled out several days ago, audio files submitted by members are now being screened against 10 million tracks maintained by music database company Gracenote.

Tracks that turn out to be owned by Universal Music Group–and that were not uploaded by someone the company has authorized to do so–will be excluded from the site, a MySpace spokesman said. The spokesman added that MySpace is talking with other major music labels about similar arrangements.

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