It's looking like Spocko the Blogger's little stunt he pulled on KSFO is working. Both Bank of America and MasterCard pulled either all of their advertising or some of their advertising from KSFO. Others are expected to follow suit.

Even better, it got a response from KSFO who had to tell everybody that Spocko's comments were either lies or taken out of context. Tomorrow at twelve they're going to interrupt their normal programming to have some sort of town hall meeting with the broadcasters mentioned in Spocko's e-mails to discuss what they've been saying and to take any calls from listeners or anyone else who wants to comment. Both Spocko and Mike Stark, the diarist on Daily Kos who has been one of the leading voices on this, were invited to take part. Spocko has declined to participate and Stark is on the fence. Neither seem to feel KSFO is being that trust-worthy about the whole thing.

Oh, the YouTube clip above just got put up there a day or two ago. The sound doesn't work but it's a pretty awesome little clip. Not something you'd appreciate if you worked for the Mouse.

There's one more thing about all this, something a little bit bigger than a couple of wingnuts on the radio-- that is, of course, about what one can say and use on the internet. Spocko recorded mp3s of KSFO and posted it online and so his ISP was sent the cease & desist letter for copyright infringement. The EFF and others are arguing that Disney/ABC doesn't really have a legal land to stand on as it's fair use. Just like we have a right to link to other stories and quote for them, Spocko has a right to record and post things that are said on KSFO. If Disney succeeds in stopping Spocko, we got a bunch of freedom of speech issues going on.

Needless to say, go bloggers, go.