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Technology getting famous, not-so-famous, in trouble over free speech law
According to a CNN report, bad-girl rocker Courtney Love is being sued for libel by a fashion designer for allegedly slamming the woman on Twitter.
The suit claims that after a disagreement over what Love should pay Dawn Simorangkir for the clothes she designed, Love posted allegedly derogatory and false comments about the designer -- among them that she had a "history of dealing cocaine" -- on her now-discontinued Twitter feed.
And it's not just the famous who are finding trouble as technology evolves faster than the laws that govern free speech online.
Consider the case of Amanda Bonnen and her former landlord. Bonnen, an Illinois resident, is accused of using Twitter to tell another user: "Who said sleeping in a moldy apartment was bad for you? Horizon Realty thinks it's okay."
Horizon Group Management LLC, the company that owned the apartment in question, sued Bonnen for libel over the alleged tweet. Horizon is seeking $50,000 in damages.
Legal experts say such Internet-related cases are being watched closely because they confront new and unaddressed areas of American law.
Read the full report at the CNN Web site.
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Who came up with these "Social Networks " ?
Geeks who spend a lot of time alone in a room with a keyboard ?
And you like it because ????
J G, you are correct. Corporations attack individuals with SLAP suits because individuals have a limited ability to fight corporate attorneys. But newspapers are not so weak. if you have a dispute with a company, call the local news and have them do an expose. Don't post on a private blog.
When we live in the information world and we blab our business to every one out there and post our pictures for the entire population to see we should expect snags such as these.
(Twitter)
Im going to the bathroom.
I just went to the bathroom and im fatigued.
I am watching Springer du huh huh!
I am heading to the mall.
I just got a text let me drive and send one back.
I have no privacy from my parents. sheesh!