Years ago, a friend of mine was called as a witness for the prosecution in a local magistrates court. Although the charges were relatively minor, the defendant was the son of the agent of a rather senior politician of the time. The evidence against the defendant was pretty conclusive, however he chose to plead not [...]

New kids on the block Cuil might poor scorn on their algorithms, but the way Google floats popular pages up the rankings can still tell you a lot. For example, say you were looking for Texas Attorney Mark Brewer, the fact that, at this point in time, there are six references to his dealings with Dave [...]

We now have a little bit of press coverage for the Dave Walker/SPCK story from outside the blogsphere – Private Eye has picked up on the story, plus the general ridiculousness around the bankruptcy.

Thanks to David Keen, Sam Norton and SPCK/SSG News Blog for highlighting the Private Eye story.

Things have progressed a little with the Dave Walker/SPCK story overnight with the publication of a great document by Matt Wardman. The document brings together copies of the original seventy-five posts from CartoonChurch, along with subsequent relevant posts and comment from other blogs, such that the document runs to a pretty epic 130 pages. However [...]

Hat tip to David Keen for giving a name to the phenomenon of an attempt to silence or censor information backfires – much as Mark Brewer’s efforts to silence the SPCK story are currently – it is apparently known as the Streisand Effect.

I really don’t think this is the way he wanted it when he started collating stories of the demise of the SPCK book shops, but by capitulating to the heavy handed “remove everythingâ€? approach from Mark Brewer, Dave Walker has indirectly given the underlying cause massively more publicity than they ever had before. By succeeding [...]

Even though we’ve had a busy weekend (our Patronal Festival weekend), things have been moving along with the Dave Walker case. The list of key articles has grown, and we’ve had a great contribution from fellow cartoonist, ASBO Jesus.

The updated list of articles and postings is as follows:
Who’s Supporting Dave Walker?

St Aidan to Abbey Manor [...]

Overnight the support seems to have grown, with the Facebook group doubling in size.
There have also been a few more blog postings in support, which I have added to the links in my FriendFeed room on the subject.
Matt Wardman continues to maintain a list of blogs in support too, which I’ve reproduced below as [...]

I’m sure Mark Brewer thought it was a good idea, threaten a little cartoonists blog to get some troublesome posts removed… However, I really don’t think he considered the reaction, as nobody likes a bully, especially not when they are bullying a genuinely nice bloke like Dave Walker. Thanks to the wonders of the Google [...]

Periodically I come across stories where bloggers who have written, sometimes about seemingly minor subjects, have ended up on the receiving end of legal threats over their posts. Dave Walker, best known for his cartoons is the latest.
Yesterday a significant number of his posts were taken down, followed briefly by a post explaining why [...]