[Commons-Law] Press group harasses blogger (Reporters Without Borders)

[Patrice Riemens]

On Sat, Mar 19, 2005 at 03:40:37AM -0800, Shivam Vij wrote:
> The Internet under surveillance
> 17 March 2005
> 
> INDIA
> 
> Press group harasses blogger
> 
> Reporters Without Borders has expressed its
> concern to the head of the Times of India press
> group about its lawyers' harassment of a
> journalist running the weblog mediaah.com, which
> has driven him to close it.

(...)
> 
> 
> "After examining the offending articles, it seems
> to us that this journalist was only exercising
> his right to comment on and criticise your
> group's commercial strategy and, more generally,
> his right to freedom of expression.
> 
> "Moreover, as a media owner, you can easily
> imagine that such a step could have harmful
> consequences for free expression. It could
> effectively dissuade other website managers from
> handling business news, which they have every
> right to do.


Reminds me of the saying "The freedom of the press is for those who own 
one"