Blogging disputes

The other news that I missed last week whilst away and without internet access was the libel suit that took down a number of blogs.Robin Hamman relates the story very well on his blog

Essentially the threat of a libel action by an Uzbek billionaire and Arsenal shareholder led to a number of unrealted sites being taken offline by Fasthosts including a couple I read by Boris Johnson and Bob Piper.According to Robin

In response, Hundreds of UK bloggers have now rallied round and added buttons showing their support for free speech rights.