Submitted by: kirkland on Monday October 30th, 2006 at 08:57 PM EST

MySpace has licensed a new technology to stop users from posting unauthorized copyright music and oust frequent violators of its policy, the company said on Monday.

The move comes amid pressure from major studios and record labels against popular online sites like MySpace and YouTube, which they accuse of infringing the copyrights of their artists' music and videos.

News Corp.'s MySpace, a social-networking hub and one of the most popular sites on the Internet, licensed technology from privately held Gracenote allowing it to review music recordings uploaded by community members to their profiles.

The technology compares those filed with Gracenote's database of copyright material and can block uploads without proper rights. Terms of the licensing agreement were not disclosed.

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