Off the top of my head, there are a couple cases I've read about:

• One case I'm aware of in which a woman in some kind of dispute with a company, claimed online that said firm had done this or that terrible thing. In court, it was found that her statements were defamatory and her victim was awarded $5 million.


• Then there's the case of Josh Wolf. There was a contention as to whether he was actually a journalist, evidently because as a matter of course, he was never paid for his work. It was found that nonetheless, he was in fact a journalist.

Verdammte scheisse! It's all too much for a layman! As I said before, operating a blog and contributing to one is worth thinking hard about.

"It Can't Be Just About Us"
--Frank Schnittger, ETian Extraordinaire