You see dwditty - that is my point. Music is my livelihood and my passion. Myspace offers me some very useful networking opportunities and posting my music there offers me some no cost "advertizing" as well. I sell on-line, CDs and MP3s every week to people who found me through Myspace - and I am developing good business contacts as well.

The huge stars, carefully marketed and managed by the big star making machnery also see the value in Myspace - and, like me have judged the agreement in question to be benign.

I really believe this whole issue is manufactured and counterproductive. Myspace is a genuine help for mid-level professional artists like me. I would never place any unpublished works that I wanted to protect there - but I would always be careful how those are published anyway.

I just don't believe there is any merit to the naysayer's arguement in this case.