Should WordPress.com be Liable for Blog Content?
A Brazilian judge may impose a ban against access to all WordPress.com blogs because a single blogger posted an adult content video. In order to block access to the offending blog, because of the identical IP address, it might be necessary to deny access to all WordPress.com blogs. You can read the details at “Brazil: Bloggers united against Wordpress ban.”
In her post “WordPress.com Banned Again: Why Aren’t You Concerned?”, Lorelle VanFossen raises two issues:
(1) the apparent lack of blogger interest in fighting such bans; and
(2) to what extent WordPress.com as a whole should be responsible for the misconduct of a single blogger.
Let me tackle these issues separately.
1. Free Speech.
From a U.S. citizen’s point of view, an ideal world would have Read more
The Blog Has Died — Long Live The Blog
My blog died — temporarily as the feed got messed up accidentally while performing a major upgrade this weekend after installing WordPress v. 2.5 (the WP install was actually the easiest part). What you see here now is the revived version.
Key changes include:
- a crisper layout
- easier navigation
- a useful resources section
- a simplified categories list
- ways to subscribe to the blog by RSS feed and e-mail
What do you think? Read more
