1. Not everyone wants the whole world to read them. In fact some wish to limit their blogs to being read by only a few…see livejournal for examples.

2. Not every post in a blog is allowed to be seen by everyone. Should you have registered for a name a password to read the blog and been given explicit permission to view that content, is it still their right to transmit the content to anyone else?

Should it not be the blog author who has the sole right to choose which items are publically available or not?

Besides that though, I like the talking points from your article and the ones you link to, thanks.

J.P.

Although I enjoy Mr. Schwimmer’s site greatly, I do use Bloglines exclusivey as my newsreader and his removal will lead me to read his site far less, if at all.

I understand his reasons for removing his blog, but there is a good chance the other 189 Bloglines sbuscribers will not folllow his blog as well.

So I am not sure which would hurt him more in the longrun.