WordPress in court victory over blogger censored by 'Straight Pride UK'

Oliver Hotham, whose blog was taken down after a DMCA notice was served, has been awarded $1,000 in damages

After a two-year legal battle, journalist Oliver Hotham and Automattic, owners of blogging service Wordpress.com, have emerged victorious against an attempt to use an American copyright law to shut down criticism of a short-lived pressure group call "Straight Pride UK".

The win, in a Californian district court, sets a rare precedent against attempts to use the the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) to take content offline.