SONG CONTEST BLOG

“MySpace has reinstated the registered URL www.myspace.com/mobile to the band–this was an error on our part and we apologize for any inconvenience caused. The band’s profile has not been altered in any way.”

MySpace took http://www.myspace.com/mobile which Canadian group, Mobile, registered with two years ago and redirected it to its new mobile enterprise.

Montreal band, Mobile, two months into their second album and on their first leg of a tour with Chris Cornell, received a message from MySpace regarding their profile URL:

Greetings MySpace member,

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. The reset of your URL will not affect your profile at all. Should you have any questions, feel free to reply back and a MySpace representative will assist you in this process.

Thank you for your time and understanding!

The MySpace Team

MySpace made this move due to their launch of a new mobile platform:
www.myspace.com/myspacemobile

Needless to say, MySpace can not have a band URL compete with a service URL.

After 2 years on MySpace, the band, Mobile, will lose their identity on MySpace, a catastrophic event that is likely to occur again and again as MySpace continues to unveil new services with names that match that of member artists on their site.

This is a silly, technical hitch that could have easily been avoided had MySpace used sub domains in the first place (i.e. www.myspace.com/artist/mobile instead of www.myspace.com/mobile)

Beware! Any artist/band with a name that may be conjured up by MySpace as a future service is a risk.