Six music blogs hosted by Google's blogging services have been accused of violating the company's terms of service by allegedly posting unauthorized copyright material and have been booted from the sites.
The blogs that were hosted by Google's Blogger or Blogspot services are: Living Ears, I Rock Cleveland, Pop Tarts, Masala,To Die By Your Side, and It's a Rap.
Certainly, Google and four major music labels are friendlier than ever. Google agreed to help build Vevo, a standalone music video service within YouTube designed to be a showcase for professionally made music videos. That aside, there's not much new in Google bouncing sites for alleged copyright violations.
The company has long said it will obey the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which requires Internet service providers to remove copyright-infringing works.
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The blogs that were hosted by Google's Blogger or Blogspot services are: Living Ears, I Rock Cleveland, Pop Tarts, Masala,To Die By Your Side, and It's a Rap.
Certainly, Google and four major music labels are friendlier than ever. Google agreed to help build Vevo, a standalone music video service within YouTube designed to be a showcase for professionally made music videos. That aside, there's not much new in Google bouncing sites for alleged copyright violations.
The company has long said it will obey the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which requires Internet service providers to remove copyright-infringing works.
More: http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-10451740-261.html