The outcry occurred after Google’s blogging service, Blogger, shut down a number of music blogs, claiming that the files posted on the sites violated its terms of services. Among the blogs affected were I Rock Cleveland, It’s a Rap, LivingEars and Pop Tarts Suck Toasted.
Google has since explained the closures, writing in a statement, “When we receive multiple DMCA [Digital Millennium Copyright Act] complaints about the same blog, and have no indication that the offending content is being used in an authorized manner, we will remove the blog.”
