Check the original source of this information; note that no reference is made at all to removing weblogs from Google's main index.
Google allows people to search Web pages, as well as search specific types of content such as news sources, shopping sites through its "Froogle" service, Usenet groups. Soon the company will also offer a service for searching Web logs, known as "blogs," Schmidt said.
This is the only reference to searching weblogs in the article. I'd say this story is an overreaction by Andrew Orlowski, who is known to be hostile to weblogs.
I don't see how this would produce a greater administrative burden than the government is already under. The Library of Congress requires authors to submit a copy of all works they wish to register with the Copyright Office. The work is then examined to ensure it is eligible for copyright protection (not hard to pass) and then cataloged.
Granted, you don't have to register your work in order for it to be protected under Copyright law, but most individuals and institutions who hope to profit off their work do.
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This is the only reference to searching weblogs in the article. I'd say this story is an overreaction by Andrew Orlowski, who is known to be hostile to weblogs.
Not for the first time, as it turns out...
I don't see how this would produce a greater administrative burden than the government is already under. The Library of Congress requires authors to submit a copy of all works they wish to register with the Copyright Office. The work is then examined to ensure it is eligible for copyright protection (not hard to pass) and then cataloged.
Granted, you don't have to register your work in order for it to be protected under Copyright law, but most individuals and institutions who hope to profit off their work do.