First, I think that individual personalities are what make and break stories. The reason this story is about Julian Assange is the same reason that Snooki from MTV's reality TV show was in the New York Post almost every other day this summer. The guy has put himself in front of television cameras during press conferences and now with some alleged sex crime he is front page news. And the fact that he is part of an incredibly polarizing story makes it media gold.

Julian is certainly smart enough to understand how the media works. To some degree I imagine it was very intentional; what those underlying intentions are I don't know.

What makes this story fascinating is that you can see an individuals comprehension of how the world works and how radically altering the new paradigm of information is by their reactions to Wikileaks and to a lesser degree Julian Assange and what "to do" about him.

6 years ago on the most popular message board for pornographers everyone loved to boast about downloading MP3s, movies, and pirated software. Of course anyone who pointed out the irony was trolled out of the thread. You could say that some members of the porn industry are now on the receiving end.

Are you kidding? Have you been watching what halfway decent domain names have been going for these days? $1000 is a bargain, unless you want your-domain-name.com for $9.