Let me tell you about Pete.
College Republican buddy from the days. Older than me and thus one of the few folks I take wisdom from rather than dispense to. Also a lawyer and former military. So you can sit down and have a beer with Pete and pretty much be guaranteed that you will be talking about something slightly higher brow than Dawson's Creek. Runs a blog called Swanblog which is more law than it is economics, so if you want pit stop over there sometime and check it out.
Anyway, he forwarded me this article which is about a guy who got sued for defaming somebody over the internet through the use of a blog.
I know this is a deviation from our standard economic fare, but I'm sure there are some readers who are VERY interested in these sorts of lawsuits.
Thanks for the link Cappy. Your readers should visit SwanBlog and send a thank you to Bob Barker for supporting the troops before it was cool to do so.
ReplyDeleteAnother interesting case about how someone's defamation was busted, and then they tried to claim "political satire":
ReplyDeletehttp://www.startribune.com/561/story/808634.html
After his connection to the offensive website was discovered, a "political satire" label was slapped on it, and Stewart issued an apology. But both actions were too little, too late. Voters are sick to death of negative campaigning and dirty tricks, and this website was a big offender.