Wednesday Exposition

Bloggers sue Huffington Post – Guardian. This may sound weird, but I see a Big Society angle in this. Volunteerism and mutualism go out the window once there's money to be made.

Cinemas threaten not to show studio films in dispute over 'movies on demand' – Financial Times. Another round of media musical chairs. Everyone knows there aren't enough seats left, so who is standing when the music (of the internet) stops? Normally I'd vote cable companies, but they also provide most of the internet in North America.

Observations on Fukushima – Atomic Power Review

Manhattan DA investigates Bear Sterns Mortgage Traders Atlantic.

As a companion to that, Felix Salmon's excellent The Wall Street Mind – Oblivious will make your blood boil. Anyone over the age of eight should realise that people who get away with profitable crimes will commit those same crimes again.

Were I to get my hands on the men responsible for the financial crisis, I'd put them in a room and force them to watch this:

Except I'm pretty sure that would be torture.