Following YouTube's example, MySpace will begin scanning user profiles to remove illegal music uploads.

MySpace will begin using a content-filtering system to track down music tracks that aren't authorized, and remove them, Reuters reports. The technology, licensed from private digital entertainment company Gracenote, will be used to identify copyrighted music on members' profile pages and prevent them from uploading the audio. Members who consistently attempt to upload unauthorized music could have their accounts deleted.

MySpace's crackdown on unauthorized music comes after YouTube recently removed thousands of copyrighted videos from its site after receiving complaints from the copyright owners.

MySpace's policy differs in that the site is taking a proactive approach, deleting the content as it discovers it - without waiting for a request from the copyright owners.