There is a growing number of bands and musicians with Myspace profiles. Especially for those in the do-it-yourself punk and hardcore scenes, who are uneasy with News Corporation's Myspace.com purchase.

Primarily, these concerns are over the following clause in the Terms Of Service:

"MySpace.com does not claim any ownership rights in the text, files, images, photos, video, sounds, musical works, works of authorship, or any other materials (collectively, "Content") that you post to the MySpace Services. After posting your Content to the MySpace Services, you continue to retain all ownership rights in such Content, and you continue to have the right to use your Content in any way you choose. By displaying or publishing ("posting") any Content on or through the MySpace Services, you hereby grant to MySpace.com a limited license to use, modify, publicly perform, publicly display, reproduce, and distribute such Content solely on and through the MySpace Services.

Without these terms, MySpace.com is unable to provide the MySpace Services. For example, without right to modify Member Content, MySpace.com is not able to digitally compress music files Members submit. This includes formatting content to satisfy technical requirements. Without rights to publicly perform Member Content, MySpace.com cannot allow Users to listen to music members post.

The license you grant MySpace.com is non-exclusive. This means you are free to license your Content to anyone, including MySpace.com. The license is fully-paid and royalty-free which means MySpace.com is not required to pay you for use on the MySpace Services of the Content you post. The license is sublicensable so MySpace.com uses its affiliates and subcontractors. This includes Internet content delivery networks to provide the MySpace Services. The license is worldwide since the Internet and the MySpace Services have a global reach.