Trafigura - Gagged The Guardian and others

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8304908.stm

 No injunction was served on the BBC, but ever since the Spycatcher
case in the 1980s news organisations which knowingly breach an
injunction served on others are in contempt of court, so the
corporation too felt bound by the Guardian injunction. But the
lawyers in this case clearly reckoned without the "blogosphere". In the
anarchic, anything-goes world of the internet, where free speech is a
frequently-heard rallying cry, injunctions banning publication of
anything are unpopular. This one seems to have acted like a red rag to
a bull. 
The social networking site Twitter was soon awash with
posts deploring a threat to media freedom and the reporting of
Parliament.
Best regards,
Vulcan.