Blogger censorship; The begining?
Hopefully this sort of thing will be nipped in the bud before it becomes the norm;
Schillings, a London law firm specializing in media entertainment, then fired back for Usmanov with legal warnings to Fasthosts, the blog’s Internet service provider, demanding elimination of the posting within 24 hours.
More letters followed and by the fourth complaint, Fasthosts simply deactivated the Web site - along with two other servers, shutting down more than a dozen other sites, including that of a British member of Parliament.
“It’s extremely scary that this can happen, because they can take down something without anything being tested in court, without any legal sanction at all except a letter from a high-priced lawyer,” Murray said in an interview. “I’m very happy to have this tested in court. Why don’t they do that? Because that will bring together people who know the truth of the matter.”