That's a tricky one, because there are some excellent unofficial fan pages on myspace which include music. Those are done purely out of someone's love of a particular artist, and it's hard to fault anyone for putting a song on so they can share it with their friends. On the other hand, he might have a point, and I think myspace could take care of this by accepting only official myspace pages from artists, no tribute pages, which would allow an artist to keep tabs on the music. It would also force those artists that don't have myspace to bite the bullet and sign up. It's funny though, this is the first time I have heard this mentioned, maybe some bands are already accustomed to giving people free downloads on their own websites, so they figure what's a few more. Another thing about myspace I have noticed with all the musicians is they don't only include songs from their newest album, they include older material as well, possibly to deter someone from downloading half of their album for free. I don't really download, so for me its not an issue, I listen to the tracks on say Oysterband's myspace for enjoyment only, and then put them on my page in the hopes that someone will like it and buy the album, or legally download it.