On another note, in the US in the state of Minnesota a blogger has been sued for US$50,000. He blogged that the owner of a business was seeking to be hired by a politician running for office, but the business owner protested that his business was known for *not* accepting this kind of work from politicians. The blogger (who operated anonymously) allowed comments on his blog post arguing with whether the original post was true, but stood by his information and refused to take down the original post. The business owner engaged a solicitor, launched a legal action for US$50,000, and had the court issue subpoenas to the ISP to determine the identity of the blogger. Then served the blogger himself. The case is a cause celebre and may likely go the the high court of the United States, although it has barely gotten started. The blogger was just served with his summons about three days ago. Already it is in the local media as well as spreading around the blogosphere. Suw, if you would like to interview the parties or the attorneys they are all giving interviews on local radio and news media, and I could arrange for you to do interviews if you wish. huw