MySpace Sued For Allegedly Releasing User Data Without Consent

i forget exactly who, i admit, but i believe Rupert Murdoch ultimately owns MySpace. he (or whatever millionair­e/billiona­ire) bought it some years back with the EXPRESS PURPOSE of destroying it. at the time, Facebook was only a contender, and MySpace was on top. Murdoch/wh­oever didn't like the sharing capabiliti­es of MySpace, and, if i recall, especially the features concerning music, so he bought it for the sole purpose of running it into nothingnes­s. there were plenty of stories about it at the time, much like the repeated attacks against YouTube by corporatio­ns demanding user informatio­n and records.



MySpace lost the social network aspect some time back to Facebook, and now it's not much more than a music site; a couple of independen­t musical websites have been absorbed into it, as well. MySpace as it once was has been destroyed, whether by market, chance or design, so the job's done & they're trying to get rid of it now. . .
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