Google's New App Killing Posts?

This is not good news. The article appeared in L.A. Weekly Times: Google's New Killer App? Why Are Music Bloggers' Post Disappearing, and Who Is Deleting Them?

“I’d received the label’s press releases and followed their directions, spending my time and energy to promote their albums,” explains a frustrated Spaulding. “By pulling down my post, they destroyed my intellectual creativity, the very same thing they’re erroneously accusing me of doing. Say someone had linked to that post, or [blog aggregator] Hype Machine — it’s gone completely. If I go into my Blogger table of contents, it’s gone. Not de-published — gone.”

"U.K.-based Web-scouring copyright detective Web Sheriff will soon open its first U.S. office, no doubt spurred by its success in policing the Web for unauthorized mp3 leaks.

"Despite multiple e-mail retorts to Blogger, Greenwald has yet to hear back — a common experience among bloggers whose work has been deleted.

“Blogs will never die, but the golden age of the guerrilla blogger posting whatever they want is coming to an end,” says Jex. “There will be arrangements for ad-sponsored content that you can put on your blog, in the vein of sites like Hulu. Eventually, there will be software in place within all the major blog platforms — Movable Type, WordPress and Blogger — where if you’re trying to post an infringing content, you won’t be able to publish. At least, that’s the direction it seems to be heading.”

"Perhaps most ominous for music bloggers are the reported conversations between the RIAA and Internet service providers."

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