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http://unbrandedbreadnbutter.wordpress.com...ai-aka-langgar/ PAPee still in dream land and don't understand what's happening!

I am perplexed that the recent 3 bloggers who gotten lawyer letters from Lee, Lee and a tambi were actually not written by them but comments made in website however, there are more damning websites like below but why no ST writing about or lawyer letter served to this website http://www.yeocheowtong.com/ why why why can anybody explain thanks NB maybe we should hint to POWDER so he can ask his BIG BROTHER to take action

I'm not a blogger, but the story below really amazes me. First of all, it's the perfect example of 'me too' regulation - lets put in the same rule as some other regulator because we feel safer with precedent: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10269962-38.html Secondly, the assumption here is that INDIVIDUAL bloggers have more influence than, say newspapers or magazines. When was the last time someone looked at the correlation between say, advertising dollars spent, and favourable reviews in magazines and newspapers? Car magazines and IT magazines come particularly to mind. What about premiums accorded by manufacturers to journalists when doing 'media events' and launches? Free airfare? Hotel? F&B? Night out? It seems to me to be particularly narrow minded to target bloggers, of all people, if the point was to highlight 'corruption' and undue influence... After all, if I was looking to restrict something, wouldn't it be far more efficient to lay siege to an entire industry with a single rule (i.e. journalists should have clear disclosures etc) rather than to individually ferret out and regulate any of tens of thousands of bloggers? Perhaps the restrictions are already there on the press. Would anyone in the know please comment? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://digital.asiaone.com/Digital/News/St...012-173058.html Bloggers who get gifts or money may have to own up Mon, Oct 12, 2009 The Straits Times by Chua Hian Hou BLOGGERS and users of other new media may soon have to say so upfront if they receive gifts or money for their write-ups. The Media Development Authority (MDA) has said it is looking at stricter disclosure rules. Its deputy director for development policy, Ms Yuvarani Thangavelu, says such regulations will protect consumers by enabling them to make an informed assessment about what they read.

Quote : "as reported in today Sunday Times : VIRTUAL CATFIGHT - Bloggers Dawn Yang wants Xiaxue to apologise for defaming her; others see the spat as 'entertainment' The bad blood between the two reigning queens of the local blogosphere has come to a boil. Last Friday, blogger Wendy Cheng, who goes by the online moniker Xiaxue, received a letter from the lawyer of the fellow blogger Dawn Yang. It called on Ms Cheng to make a public apology for alleged defamatory remarks she made against Ms Yang, and to propose a settlement for damnages. She (Xiaxue) has until Tuesday to respond to the letter. The legal action stems from a blog entry that Ms Cheng, 23, made on June 30. In the lengthy post, she wrote, among other things, about Ms Yang's entertainment contracts and endorsement deals." It's a matter of times when someone will take action for posting too much in blog.... Not bad for both bloggers as Ms Cheng gets about 50,000 hits daily while Ms Yang's gets 30,000.