In the past few days I have received more email, tweets and retweets on Twitter and phone calls than in the month of September in total. The reason is the launch of my Teezir blocking WordPress plugin. Once I launched that plugin, people have been massively downloading it, loving it and sharing it with other [...]

Read the full article: Buma crawlers surrender before they even started

UPDATE: Victory for us as bloggers, Buma crawlers surrendered!
Today was a sad day for lots of Dutch bloggers. The BUMA/STEMRA announced some new rules for embedding videos from YouTube for example. Starting next year, you have to pay for embedding videos on your blog that contain music that is licensed by BUMA/STEMRA. Yes, you can [...]

Read the full article: First steps in blocking BUMA crawlers in WordPress