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MySpace blocks Photobucket videos

by Greg Sandoval

Social-networking giant MySpace.com on Wednesday began preventing Photobucket videos and slideshows from being uploaded to its pages.

MySpace will no longer let its users post videos from Photobucket in their profiles, blogs or comments section. MySpace said Photobucket had violated MySpace's terms by encouraging users to post advertisements in their videos.

"We spoke to the company about their actions, but they refused to respect our community's terms," MySpace said in a statement. "We had no choice but to disable their service."

In a statement on its site, Photobucket expressed outrage and encouraged users to demand MySpace to reverse its decision.

"MySpace is contradicting the very belief of personal and social media," Photobucket said. "By severely restricting this freedom, MySpace is showing that it considers you as a commodity, which it can treat as it sees fit...Vote with your feet and your keyboards. Tell MySpace how you feel."

Photobucket, a photo- and video-sharing site, has seen enormous growth in the past year, with much of it coming from MySpace users.

In a story last month, experts predicted that Photobucket might be vulnerable to a decision by MySpace to block users from using the company's tools.

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Greg Sandoval covers media and digital entertainment for CNET News. He is a former reporter for The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times. E-mail Greg, or follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/sandoCNET.
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