MySpace songs launch irks independent music group

By RACHEL METZ , AP Technology Writer, Technology / Internet

This is an undated screen grab showing the new MySpace music page. In a bid to spruce up its popular online hangout, MySpace plans to flip the switch Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008, on a much-anticipated service that will give its roughly 120 million users free access to hundreds of thousands of songs from the world's largest recording labels. (AP Photo/MySpace)

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(AP) -- MySpace's new music service managed to bring major record labels together, but a group that licenses song rights for thousands of independent labels feels left out and angry, partly because indie musicians were a big reason the social networking site rose to prominence in the first place.

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