MySpace Change Band's URL Without Permission

A Canadian band have accused MySpace of acquiring their website address without asking permission.

Mobile, from Montreal, were only told that their existing URL – myspace.com/mobile – would be changed via email.

The email said: "We are in the process of making MySpace better, which requires the use of the URL you have chosen.

"MySpace will reset your URL within 48 hours of receipt of this email. After it has been reset, you will be able to choose another URL."

It's understood that MySpace requested the URL in order to launch a new mobile service. Mobile's new website address is myspace.com/mobiletheband.

In September, the social networking website relaunched its music service so that users could share and download songs.

Thanks for the report to Gigwise.com.

Comments

[shnurs]

lol
fuss over nothing
so pointless!

[Quicksand15]

i can understand these guys, it must be really painful to add "theband" into the url xD

[thfc]

Poor guys. They should sue. -.-

[lukarulz]

Ya...i think about $5 billion should just about cover the pain inflicted upon their minds, souls and sensibility...

Jeebus.....

[pl0x]

I would be pissed off, just "mobile" is pretty cool

[pl0x]

Ive just made an account with "mobiletheband"...

[LarsHamfield]

And this is news..?

[Beets!]

how DARE they...

[andy19]

Of course Myspace could have just used http://mobile.myspace.com instead of using a folder for their service.
I don't blame the band for being pissed off at the change, although it is quite insignificant.

[opc100]

But myspace opwn all the urls?
what the hell are they complaining about

[username94]

If they had it under a url like www.mobile.com, and that was taken then it is diffrent than a www.myspace.com/mobile url. MySpace owns all the url's with their name on it.

[lsexton101]

Lots of issues can arise from this. Give out promotional materials with your websites URL have someone try to go there and find out that its not your band. Looks bush league and can lose you money. Have inbound links to your website which help increase your search engine ranking suddenly disappear and now your no where to be found on Google.

This actually can be a big deal for a serious band. Of course they need to get their own site as well, but that can cost a lot of money as well.Not everyone has the time, money, skill, or patience to do that.

[grouilleux]

They will keep the URL. If you go on www.myspace.com/mobile, there is a statement from Myspace stating it was a mistake...

[fastlanestoner]

someone had to be the martyr

[not_dead_enough]

The thing is...myspace terms and conditions say that you can never change the url once you have chosen it...

Nice to see how honest you are, Tom!

[andy19]

username94 wrote:

If they had it under a url like www.mobile.com, and that was taken then it is diffrent than a www.myspace.com/mobile url. MySpace owns all the url's with their name on it.

If this was in response to mine, I'm not saying they should have it as a separate domain, just a separate subdomain on their myspace.com site. So instead of having "http://www.mobile.com" it would be "http://mobile.myspace.com"

Checked

[ptr362]

It could cause significant problems if you've printed out CDs with the previous url address written on it, as well as having to change links all over the web to direct people to the right page again.

[DaysoftheBlue]

BAAAAAWWWW. its called a Terms of Service agreement, bitches. Read it.

[ready2breakdown]

If they rightfully paid for the url address then this would be news. Myspace gives the URL's upon their digression and can change it if they please.

Was UG really that pressed for some news today? It seems like this was only posted for the sake of a reaction.

[john3721]

What a f**king waste of an article. It's myaspace's site they can do what they want with it.

[Rockon914]

good band promo if anything

[CaMacKid]

The band should have thought of this when picking a myspace address. It's like naming my band "Terms of Service".

Myspace got full rights as well. If the band was using the address to advertise, they where stupid to promote their band's web address as "www.myspace.com/mobile".
They should just say "Find us on Myspace!" or something. Those addresses are very temporary because they [myspace] could for any reason change their address system like metallica.myspace.com or myspace.com/band/metallica or something.