Cory Doctorow suggests that Murdoch's trying to reshape the web rather than just being insane when it comes to copyright. A persuasive opinion.

This is pretty stunning. Having got used to Google Maps, it would have been nice to be able to travel wherever you like, but I get why that's a way off yet.

Great post by Malcolm Coles. I doubt the Mail particularly cares, since a pretty hefty chunk of its readers are racist, but the point still stands.

Ah, the joys of the Collings and Herrin podcast.

Eminently sensible post from Ed West about freedom of speech.

Great post on the Enemies of Reason about the tabloid hipocrisy over Nick Griffin and the BBC.

I'm not Guido's biggest fan, but when he says "Get a grip. There is no right to not be offended.", he's entirely right.

The TimesOnline Eureka Zone sets about seeing how true Nick Griffin's throwaway line 'scientists would happily confirm this' is. They wouldn't.

"There’s a difference, I think, between social media users who employ every rhetorical weapon at their disposal to hit back at Moir, and those who want to stop views like hers being expressed in future." Indeed.

Makes for depressing, but enlightening reading of what's actually going on.

Jack of Kent explains the legal distinction that many content providers haven't quite understood.

Really excellent post on Information Is Beautiful showing the risk of the HPV vaccine compared to the risk of the cancer it protects against.