Links: Bloggers and the law

Washington Post Editorial on Jailed Egyptian Blogger
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 still faces a legal battle 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 libel as Mahmood reports.

Protests In Iran against the destruction of Cyrus' tomb
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?)

Apparently we've all peaked
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