Dumb Labels, Laws (Not Google) To Blame for Music Blog Deletions

Found on Wired on Saturday, 13 February 2010
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Lipold told Wired.com that Mute Records gave him permission to post the XX Teens' song "Darlin" on his blog, for instance.

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.

The answer for now - unsatisfying though it may be - is for music bloggers to check their e-mails for DMCA takedown notices rigorously, and file counter-claims when they're falsely accused of posting something without permission.

It would make people act with much more care if there was a default fine for any incorrect DMCA claim.