MySpace founder takes on Rupert

MYSPACE FOUNDER TAKES ON RUPERT
[SOURCE: Sidney Morning Herald, AUTHOR: Asher Moses]
Brad Greenspan, the man who helped launch MySpace in 2003 but left to start a new company, has launched a legal campaign against the site's owner, News Corp, alleging "anti-competitive behavior". The suit was filed last week with the Federal District Court in Los Angeles, and alleges that MySpace has broken antitrust laws by censoring competitor services. Greenspan's new company, LiveUniverse, owns a number of Internet properties, including social networking site Stickam.com and YouTube competitor Vidilife.com. He alleges that MySpace blocks users from even mentioning Stickam.com and Vidilife.com in their profiles. He says that "any attempts by users to type the url of sites like 'stickam.com' or 'vidilife.com' into a [MySpace] blog or profile [are replaced] with '......' ". He also claims that MySpace has previously imposed the same "censorship" on other video sharing sites such as YouTube and Revver, but stopped this after a revolt from its users. However, the censoring of Vidilife.com and Stickam.com remains.
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