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My website is about bands and musicians, but I have two problems with it:

1. A musician can create a profile and add his bio. Bands can also create a profile and add band members and their bio. Many musicians are members of several bands, so I will have the bios of them repeated on several pages of my website.

Any idea how to control this since the site will be populated and controlled more or less by its users?

Here's an example:

A band has 10 members and will create a "band" profile. Let's say half of the band members will create their own profiles, while half don't care and will never do this, or they have it on some other website and won't bother doing it again on my website.

2. If musicians will have bios on my website, there is also a (huge) possibility that they also have their own website with the same bio that will just be copy-pasted, or have the same bio on MySpace and similar websites, which will again result in duplicate content.

If I disable the option for users to add their bios, then the whole concept of the website doesn't make sense.

My website is about bands and musicians, but I have two problems with it:

1.) A musician can create a profile and add his bio. Bands can also create a profile and add band members and their bio. Many musicians are members of several bands, so I will have the bios of them repeated on several pages of my website.

Any idea how to control this since the site will be populated and controlled more or less by its users?

Here's an example:

A band has 10 members and will create a "band" profile. Lets say half of the band members will create their own profiles, while half don't care and will never do this, or they have it on some other website and won't bother doing it again on my website.

2.) If musicians will have bios on my website, there is also a (huge) possibility that they also have their own website with the same bio that will just be copy-pasted, or have the same bio on MySpace and similar websites, which will again result in duplicate content.

If I disable the option for users to add their bios, then the whole concept of the website doesn't make sense.

My website is about bands and musicians, but I have two problems with it:

1.) A musician can create a profile and add his bio. Bands can also create a profile and add band members and their bio. Many musicians are members of several bands, so I will have the bios of them repeated on several pages of my website.

Any idea how to control this since the site will be populated and controlled more or less by its users?

Here's an example:

A band has 10 members and will create a "band" profile. Lets say half of the band members will create their own profiles, while half don't care and will never do this, or they have it on some other website and won't bother doing it again on my website.

2.) If musicians will have bios on my website, there is also a (huge) possibility that they also have their own website with the same bio that will just be copy-pasted, or have the same bio on MySpace and similar websites, which will again result in duplicate content.

If I disable the option for users to add their bios, then the whole concept of the website doesn't make sense.

My website is about bands and musicians, but I have two problems with it:

1. A musician can create a profile and add his bio. Bands can also create a profile and add band members and their bio. Many musicians are members of several bands, so I will have the bios of them repeated on several pages of my website.

Any idea how to control this since the site will be populated and controlled more or less by its users?

Here's an example:

A band has 10 members and will create a "band" profile. Let's say half of the band members will create their own profiles, while half don't care and will never do this, or they have it on some other website and won't bother doing it again on my website.

2. If musicians will have bios on my website, there is also a (huge) possibility that they also have their own website with the same bio that will just be copy-pasted, or have the same bio on MySpace and similar websites, which will again result in duplicate content.

If I disable the option for users to add their bios, then the whole concept of the website doesn't make sense.

My website is about bands and musicians, but I have two problems with it:

1.) A musician can create a profile and add his bio. Bands can also create a profile and add band members and their bio. Many musicians are members of several bands, so I will have the bios of them repeated on several pages of my website.

Any idea how to control this since the site will be populated and controlled more or less by users?

Here's an example:

A band has 10 members and will create a "band" profile. Lets say half of the band members will create their own profiles, while half don't care and will never do this, or they have it on some other website and won't bother doing it again on my website.

2.) If musicians will have bios on my website, there is also (huge) possibility that they also have their own website with the same bio that will be copy-pasted, or has their bio on MySpace and similar websites, which will again result in duplicate content.

If I disable the option for users to add their bios, then the whole concept of the website doesn't make sense.

My website is about bands and musicians, but I have two problems with it:

1.) A musician can create a profile and add his bio. Bands can also create a profile and add band members and their bio. Many musicians are members of several bands, so I will have the bios of them repeated on several pages of my website.

Any idea how to control this since the site will be populated and controlled more or less by its users?

Here's an example:

A band has 10 members and will create a "band" profile. Lets say half of the band members will create their own profiles, while half don't care and will never do this, or they have it on some other website and won't bother doing it again on my website.

2.) If musicians will have bios on my website, there is also a (huge) possibility that they also have their own website with the same bio that will just be copy-pasted, or have the same bio on MySpace and similar websites, which will again result in duplicate content.

If I disable the option for users to add their bios, then the whole concept of the website doesn't make sense.