Billy Bragg changes MySpace policy
Billy Bragg is officially the boss of MySpace :)

From the CMU Daily:

MYSPACE CHANGE SMALL PRINT AFTER BRAGG CONCERNS
MySpace.com has reportedly changed the small print regarding the posting of
music on artist pages following those concerns raised by Billy Bragg.

As you all surely know, any artist registered with MySpace can make up to
four tracks available for stream or download via the community site's
servers. However, as previously reported, Bragg recently removed preview
tracks from his page claiming that the site's terms and conditions
essentially gave MySpace the right to re-licence music that had been posted
onto their servers.

A posting on Bragg's MySpace page read: "The real problem is the fact that
they can sub-license it to any company they want and keep the royalties
themselves without paying the artist a penny. It also doesn't stipulate that
they can use it for non-commercial use only which is what I'd want to see in
that clause. The clause is basically far to open for abuse and thus I'm very
wary."

MySpace quickly responded by stating that they had no intention of
re-licensing music uploaded to their servers and that their terms and
conditions were not designed to allow such things. A spokesman said:
"Putting music on MySpace does not give us the right to sell it - the
musicians own their content and can do with it as they wish. Obviously, we
don't own their music or do anything with it that they don't want."

However, MySpace admitted they would review their small print, and according
to Music Week the company have now altered the rules "concerning ownership
and use of artists' material" to allay Bragg's fears as to what their t+cs
were implying.