Editing MP3 blog (section)

== Legal status ==
Many MP3 blogs post copyrighted material as a free [[download]]. While this is essentially illegal, record companies often turn a blind eye because of a belief that the blogs constitute free advertising.<ref name="wiredinfo">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2007/12/mp3_blogs|title=MP3 Blogs Offer File Sharing Even the RIAA Could Love | magazine=Wired | date=2007-12-04}}</ref> Bands such as [[Clap Your Hands Say Yeah]] and [[The National (band)|The National]] have reported increases in sales as a result of attention from MP3 blogs, which often provide links to legal album downloads.<ref name="silverbullet">{{ cite journal|ssrn=930270|title= MP3 Blogs: A Silver Bullet for the Music Industry or a Smoking Gun for Copyright Infringement?}}</ref>

MP3 bloggers commonly post disclaimers stating that all files are intended only for sampling, and often remove posted files within a short period of time.

The economic significance of MP3 blogs is relatively small compared to peer-to-peer networks.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://blogs.harvard.edu/ugasser/2005/08/03/legal-outlook-for-mp3-blogs-revisited/ | title=Legal Outlook for MP3 Blogs – Revisited | work=Law and Information | date=August 3, 2005 | access-date=September 18, 2016}}</ref>

In addition to providing free music, many popular MP3 blogs have started their own DIY record labels, often providing publicizing services free or little money. A few blogs that have emerged in the recent times are Another Banger, Pitchfork, Electro Wow, and Youredm<ref>{{cite magazine| url=https://www.wired.com/listening_post/2007/09/could-mp3-blogs/ | magazine=Wired | first=Eliot | last=Van Buskirk | title=Five Reasons MP3 Blogs Could Be the Next Record Labels (Updated) | date=2007-09-11}}</ref>