MySpace server-migration loss

CTL-E-0823 · Event · other · unspecified

Verified evidence grade of this record

(2019-03) The disclosed loss of all user-uploaded content from 2003-2015 - ~50M songs from ~14M artists - in a MySpace server migration.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from PRESERVE-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-PRESERVE-001:CTL-PRESERVE-E-082; source research type(s): event. Era not present in source research record(s); marked unspecified pending human review.

Sources

The New York Times

Record CTL-E-0823 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: Verified · CTL research: PRESERVE-001.
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Cite as: CultureTechLens, “MySpace server-migration loss (CTL-E-0823),” October 4, 2026. https://culturetechlens.com/graph/entities/ctl-e-0823/

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