Universal Out of Ideas, Settles for Suing MySpace, YouTube

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In the category of I Can't Believe They're That Lame, the behemoth major Universal Music Group is going after MySpace (Fox) and YouTube (not Fox) for cash because they're too stoopid to come up with their own ways of repurposing their own content. Rich.

From the indispensable Ars Technica: "YouTube and MySpace may be next on the music industry's hit list, according to Universal Music Group CEO Doug Morris. Labelling them 'copyright infringers,' Morris said that the label has plans to deal with the popular web sites and their hosting of infringing videos."

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