From the beginning of the social media revolution, it was obvious that the legal system was going to have trouble keeping up. It started when file-sharing sites like Napster trampled on copyright laws on their way to completely changing the way music is sold.
Then, more than a few amateur bloggers — a term some might consider redundant when discussing the early days of social media — discovered that peppering the Web with innuendoes, half truths and outright lies about people they felt had wronged them was a good way to end up on the losing end of a libel suit.
<blockquote>discovered that peppering the Web with innuendoes, half truths and outright lies about people they felt had wronged them was a good way to end up on the losing end of a libel suit.</blockquote>
This same rule doesn't seem to apply to political innuendo or certain "news" outlets. Guess Beck and the rest of the Night Parade of a Thousand Demonizers are exempt from such suites, or something...
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Today's Offhand Post Could Be Tomorrow's Federal Case
Posted by: Sidney Hill November 17, 2010 05:00 AMFrom the beginning of the social media revolution, it was obvious that the legal system was going to have trouble keeping up. It started when file-sharing sites like Napster trampled on copyright laws on their way to completely changing the way music is sold.
Then, more than a few amateur bloggers — a term some might consider redundant when discussing the early days of social media — discovered that peppering the Web with innuendoes, half truths and outright lies about people they felt had wronged them was a good way to end up on the losing end of a libel suit.
This same rule doesn't seem to apply to political innuendo or certain "news" outlets. Guess Beck and the rest of the Night Parade of a Thousand Demonizers are exempt from such suites, or something...