Chinese blogger takes China Telecom to court for censorship

Blogger "Yetaai" had his day in court on Friday. He is suing China Telecom for blocking his website promoting a piece of open source financial accounting software. He has written an English account as well as a Chinese account of the trial. John Kennedy has also posted a translation on Global Voices.  Chinese Internet users have found various ways to protest the "Great Firewall of China," but this appears to be the first attempt to use the courts to force ISP\'s to admit that censorship is happening. Since Yetaai\'s website had no political content on it, the blockage of his website was likely a result of what is called "over-blocking."  He is suing for restoration of access to his site or for anacceptable explanation for the block - beyond the explanation of "irreversible reasons," that he received when he first complained to customer service. He is also demanding compensation for notary fees and refund of broadband fees, given that...