Wordpress blocked in Turkey
Many people think that creationism is largely a problem associated with Christian fundamentalist. This is not true, the Muslims have 'em too. Probably the most famous in the West is Harun Yahya, newsworthy recently for sending unsolicited copies of "The Atlas of Creation" to thousands of researchers and institutions across Europe and America. I've not seen a copy, but its supposedly very big *800 pages) and very glossy (lots of pictures many of which violate copyright- so the book won't be in Waterstone's any time soon.).
Anyway what's this got to do with Wordpress? Someone's written something that's pissed him off, and he's got a court in Turkey to block the whole of wordpress. Here's the letter to the site owners. . The letter says that Yahya's feeling sre hurt and they've tried taliking to them, but they haven't heard back, so they've got to see the judge. This chap thinks its collateral damage from fighting between two islamic groups. The only site the plaintiffs names specifically that's in english describes Yahya's organisation as an armed sex cult, and that these people escaped jail because the victims dropped out due to being blackmailed. Is this libellous? I honestly don't know. Most of the named blogs have a single article, and they all use one or two of the same photos, and from what little French I remember I suspect there's sockpuppetry going on there anyway
The thing descends into farce with the plaintiff's signoff:
WE DEMAND YOU TO REMOVE AND PROHIBIT ANY BLOGS IN YOUR SITE THAT CONTAIN MY CLIENT’S NAME ADNAN OKTAR OR HIS PEN NAME HARUN YAHYA OR VARIOUS COMBINATION OF THESE 4 NAMES.
Does this mean its my fault if LJ gets blocked in Turkey?
Anyway what's this got to do with Wordpress? Someone's written something that's pissed him off, and he's got a court in Turkey to block the whole of wordpress. Here's the letter to the site owners. . The letter says that Yahya's feeling sre hurt and they've tried taliking to them, but they haven't heard back, so they've got to see the judge. This chap thinks its collateral damage from fighting between two islamic groups. The only site the plaintiffs names specifically that's in english describes Yahya's organisation as an armed sex cult, and that these people escaped jail because the victims dropped out due to being blackmailed. Is this libellous? I honestly don't know. Most of the named blogs have a single article, and they all use one or two of the same photos, and from what little French I remember I suspect there's sockpuppetry going on there anyway
The thing descends into farce with the plaintiff's signoff:
WE DEMAND YOU TO REMOVE AND PROHIBIT ANY BLOGS IN YOUR SITE THAT CONTAIN MY CLIENT’S NAME ADNAN OKTAR OR HIS PEN NAME HARUN YAHYA OR VARIOUS COMBINATION OF THESE 4 NAMES.
Does this mean its my fault if LJ gets blocked in Turkey?