As the practice of blogging has spread, employees like Mr. Kennedy are coming to the realization that corporations, which spend millions of dollars protecting their brands, are under no particular obligation to tolerate threats, real or perceived, from the activities of people who become identified with those brands, even if it is on their personal Web sites.
They are also learning that the law offers no special protections for blogging - certainly no more than for any other off-duty activity.
...and why I'll continue to post anonymously here. Not that I agree that this is right - if you're not able to speak freely without consequence, can you really say that you have free speech? With school loans, a mortgage, and possibly a car payment, I'm in a bad position to negotiate. I think I'll make a donation to the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
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