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Via Boing Boing. Good to see this getting attention in the MSM. We'll be doing something on this next week. And on the theme of bloggers facing legal issues, last time I checked Bahraini blogger Mahmood of Mahmood's Den over one of his posts. Although the issue is one of libel potentially he faces jail (rather than damages as would be the case here) if he loses. Bahraini journalists have been jailed for .

Or Does it Explode reports on protests in Iran at plans that would lead to the destruction of the tomb of Cyrus the Great (well I think it was that Cyrus perhaps a student of persian history can confirm?)

Probably generated a few I've told you so's from blog skeptics. As we reported in Pods and Blogs though blogging is still going strong beyond the English speaking world. Also while quantity might not go up I think we're seeing increasing quality as more and more people take blogging seriously as a medium