LOS ANGELES (AP) — Universal Music Group on Friday sued MySpace.com, claiming the online social-networking hub illegally encourages its users to share music and music videos on the site without permission.In the lawsuit, filed in US District Court, Universal Music contends MySpace, a unit of News Corp., attempts to shield itself from liability by requiring users agree to grant the website a license to publish the content they upload to the site.

Users, however, have no such authority over works they don’t own.

The website also “encourages, facilitates and participates in the unauthorised reproduction, adaptation, distribution and public performance,” according to the suit.

In the complaint, Universal singles out features on the Web site that enable users to save copies of videos to their profile pages or share them with others on the site.