It would be nice to think that institutional acceptable use policies were now mature enough to handle the important issues you raise above simply by adding “all of the above applies to our new blog service” at the bottom, that may not be the case … it would be good to hear how Warwick have handled this issue

For the individual, Stephen Downes paper on How to be Heard, is a thoughtful contribution to refer people to when they can’t answer the “Why do you want a blog?” question