MySpace lost all music downloaded by users between 2003 and 2015

Newcomers on the Internet may not know it as well, but at the time, Myspace was a big problem.

In the mid-2000s, Myspace was more popular than Google and Facebook. the place for groups to promote their music online.

Well, if you were in a band in the 2000s, I hope you do not rely on Myspace to store your recordings securely.

A year ago, users explained that they could no longer play certain pieces of music on Myspace.

Myspace said it worked, but now they have understood what really happened: the music was lost.

The loss of user data is not due to a malicious hacker who compromised his systems and erased his backups, but simply because Myspace did not bother to make a backup.

According to a pop-up message that appears when you try to access the site, videos and photos have also been lost with the audio files:

"As a result of a server migration project, it is possible that all photos, videos, and audio files that you downloaded more than three years ago are no longer available on or from Myspace. We apologize for the inconvenience. If you would like more information, please contact our data protection officer at the address DPO@ myspace.com "

But it's good, because Myspace has "apologized" for the "inconvenience".

Sheesh. I hope that none of you had any music or irreplaceable photos out there.

In 2014, Myspace claimed to host more than 53 million songs on 14.2 million pages of artist profiles … it is a dreadful cultural loss.

Do not forget: you can not trust Myspace users to manage your data forever. Use Internet services to archive your content if you wish, but you would also benefit from having your own backup.

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