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Overzealous Enforcement Means Even Legit Music Blogs Deleted

Posted by timothy on from the let-god-sort-'em-out dept.

AnotherUsername writes "Recently, many [Google-hosted] music blogs were deleted for hosting mp3s of songs by various artists. The problem? The music blogs in question had been given permission to host the songs, and often, the older links to mp3s were often broken intentionally by the bloggers in order to save bandwidth. From the article: 'You're reading this right: Five years of Lipold's labor of love was deleted, in part, because he posted a track with full permission of a label, and the track apparently wasn't even online by the time the IFPI filed its complaint.'"

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  1. This will keep happening... by SharpFang · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...as long as there are no repercussions for frivolous DMCA.

    The only provision limiting the scope in DMCA is to own copyright on whatever you claim someone infringes upon.

    So, I have copyright on MyDumbSong. And I am totally free to file DMCA against _anyone_ and everyone_ and _anything_ and _everything_, claiming it infringes on my rights to MyDumbSong. And then it's their burden to prove they don't. And taking content down is so much easier than proving its legality.

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  2. Re:New tagline/category needed by rockNme2349 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You sir, do not understand Web x.0

    His blog was hosted in the Cloud! A super place where data is impervious to destruction and can never be lost!

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