The RIAA has had a busy week. They started to offer out of court settlements for college students to stop downloading music. Apparently so busy with that, they even set up an automated system for people to settle their lawsuits online. Now, it appears they have set their eyes on their next “threat”; music blogs.

According to Idolator, the RIAA has started coming after various music blogs.
” Last week, Side One, Track One had its account suspended by its hosting provider because it posted a few Kaiser Chiefs 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 company, Cornerstone.
· 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.”

It’s not a surprising move in any way. If anything, it’s shocking it’s just happening now. The funny part of this is that blogs are probably one of the few sources out there helping to get people to actually buy music. When, oh when, will the RIAA dinosaur finally go extinct?

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