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Bloggers Versus Billionaire

Posted by kdawson on from the nailing-jello-to-a-tree dept.

Roger Whittaker writes "An interesting case in England is pitting the combined power of multiple bloggers against an Uzbek billionaire. The bloggers are supporting the former UK ambassador to Uzbekistan, Craig Murray, who has written a book about what happened there after the fall of Communism. The book is apparently unflattering in the extreme to oligarch Alisher Usmanov, who has engaged the law firm Schillings (which seems to specialize in getting unfavorable Web content removed for rich clients). Their threats have led to the removal of Murray's blog site by his hosting company Fasthosts. But a large number of bloggers have taken up Murray's cause, and the content that caused the original complaint, and links to it, have now sprung up in a very large number of places. The Internet still seems to regard censorship as damage and route around it."

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  1. Assholes Uzbekistan by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Looks like Borat was right about Uzbekistan

  2. The internet is booby-trapped by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It looks harmless enough, but if you try to take information away from it, it explodes in your face.

  3. The Money Quote by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    We asked Murray if he intends to stay on Usmanov's back. He replied: "There is room on Usmanov's back for an awful lot of people. You could get even more on his stomach, and possibly lose some under the overlap of his chins."

    We think that's a "yes".