Jury awards $11.3M over defamatory Internet posts.
A Florida woman has been awarded $11.3 million in a defamation lawsuit against a Louisiana woman who posted messages on the Internet accusing her of being a "crook," a "con artist" and a "fraud."
The case reflected how blogs - short for web logs, the burgeoning, freewheeling Internet forums that give people the power to instantly disseminate messages worldwide - increasingly are being targeted by those who feel harmed by blog attacks. In the past two years, more than 50 lawsuits stemming from postings on blogs and website message boards have been filed across the nation. The suits have spawned a debate over how the "blogosphere" and its revolutionary impact on speech and publishing might change libel law.
Let this all be your lesson for today kids.
Don't post hate speech, slanderous or libelous information about someone you dislike, on line anywhere.
$11.3 million ain't pocket change.
Comments
If I call her "rom" and there is no hate or slander involved, is it still OK?
Posted by: lattegirl | August 8, 2007 12:25 PM
Shit!
Posted by: Jenn | August 8, 2007 12:34 PM
I could use 11.3 million. Somebody post some crap about me so I can sue. LOL
Posted by: Lisa | August 8, 2007 3:14 PM