Bloggers won a round against Apple - Wired reports that Apple could not compel PowerPage to reveal their sources for a story they posted on (then upcoming) Apple plans. To boil it down, the court said that it was journalism in action, and that Apple couldn't stop bloggers any more than they could stop mainstream publications:

A California appeals court has smacked down Apple's legal assault on bloggers and their sources, finding that the company's efforts to subpoena e-mail received by the publishers of Apple Insider and PowerPage.org runs contrary to federal law, California's reporter's shield law, and the state Constitution.

This is good, but it's not the full extent of rights that we ought to expect, at least here in the US. Right now, if you post on politics, and you use AdSense (or accept any other type of ads), you could conceivably run afoul of various campaign finance laws - which have the effect of muzzling what you might want to say. The big media needn't worry about that; they have their press exception. The thing I've always wondered about that is simply this: why does a big outfit like GE (owners of NBC) get more rights than I do?

Anyway, this Apple decision is a good thing - but it's cause for a satisfaction, not joy. At least IMHO.