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RIAA Hitting Music Bloggers Right In The Bandwidth?
In the past few days, we've heard about a few incidents where the RIAA has asked hosting companies of bloggers to suspend accounts that post unsanctioned MP3s:
· Last week, Side One, Track One had its account suspended by its hosting provider because it posted a few Kaiser Chiefs Kings Of Leon MP3s--even though by the time the blog's account had been suspended, the blogger had replaced the MP3s with links to streams sanctioned by the Chiefs' management promotion company, Cornerstone.
· On Tuesday, the company that hosts Country Pinball Machine's MP3s shut down the blog's account after the RIAA complained.
· Shameless Complacency posted some Wilco tracks today; shortly after, the blog was taken down "for a violation of [Wordpress'] Terms of Service" by its host, WordPress.com, although there's no confirmation yet that the RIAA was involved.
Are blogs the RIAA's next big target--and is the tactic of going to hosting companies first an extension of the RIAA's attempts to get Internet service providers involved in its antipiracy methods? If you're a blogger and you've had some strife with your host lately, drop us a line, and let us know which songs got you in trouble. ("Don't Know Why," perhaps?)
Post je objavljen 18.01.2008. u 17:12 sati.