Internet Defamation can cost you.... to the tune of $11.3 M
Internet blogs continue to create litigation. The days when the courts would not intervene in matters involving Internet defamation resulting from Internet blog postings are behind us. Recently, a Florida woman was awarded $11.3 million dollars in damages resulting from postings made by a Louisiana woman accusing the Florida woman of being a "crook", a "con artist" and a "fraud."
The defendant in that case was not represented by counsel at the time the verdict was issued. Although it appears that in this case, the Defendant was affected by Hurricane Katrina in a manner that affected her ability to defend herself, the situation brings up a significant issue. Many misunderstand the impact and importance of Internet defamation accusations. The result can be financially devastating.
Bloggers and cyber gripers run a significant risk when they post their statements online. There is no such thing as a completely "anonymous" blog post. A competent Internet defamation lawyer who knows the technical aspects of the Internet and knows how to properly utilize the legal process can discover the identity of the author. At that point, the author must be prepared to utilize the services of a competent attorney to provide expert legal defense.
For more information regarding Internet defamation, please visit our Internet defamation website at www.cyberdefamationlawyer.com or our main Internet law website at http://www.cyberinternetlawyer.com
The defendant in that case was not represented by counsel at the time the verdict was issued. Although it appears that in this case, the Defendant was affected by Hurricane Katrina in a manner that affected her ability to defend herself, the situation brings up a significant issue. Many misunderstand the impact and importance of Internet defamation accusations. The result can be financially devastating.
Bloggers and cyber gripers run a significant risk when they post their statements online. There is no such thing as a completely "anonymous" blog post. A competent Internet defamation lawyer who knows the technical aspects of the Internet and knows how to properly utilize the legal process can discover the identity of the author. At that point, the author must be prepared to utilize the services of a competent attorney to provide expert legal defense.
For more information regarding Internet defamation, please visit our Internet defamation website at www.cyberdefamationlawyer.com or our main Internet law website at http://www.cyberinternetlawyer.com
Posted by Cyber Lawyer at 11/16/2007 1:46 PM 
Categories: Defamation, Litigation, Cyber Law, Internet Law
Categories: Defamation, Litigation, Cyber Law, Internet Law
Colin Brechbill writes: This is my first attempt at a Blog, but I could not find any other way to defend myself from these online bully blogs. I am a small business owner and pride myself in being an entrepreneur and trying to add to the betterment of this society by creating jobs and opportunities not only for myself but others. Recently I have been subject of an online blog attack by a source that i will not lend credibility to by granting them just what they want more free press.
My only desire in creating this online chat is to seek the advice and personal experience of other small business owners like myself that do not have the money to spend on chasing down these faceless cowards but to find solution to get our reputations back. I do not recall who said this originally but i know it holds true today; "It take 20 years to build a reputation and only 5 minutes to destroy it".
If you are like me and are fed up, join with me in creating something special for victims such as this small entrepreneur.
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We should be aware of what we are posting in our blogs or we might end up paying a million dollar for a word or sentence we break.
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This page shows why online service providers must always remember that they are never responsible for content posted by end users. Attorneys try constantly to blame people for decisions made by others as though the basis for a decision made by a third party were the result of anything but the judgment of the third party. For example if person X says statement A about person Y and then person Z makes decision B claiming it was based on statement A then obviously person Z is responsible for decision B and the content of statement A is irrelevant.
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Hi, My name is Tony ,
We have just put up a new Website. Can you take a glance at it and give us your honest opinion and let us know what you think about it.
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I'm not saying that it was ok for us to post anything online before but nowadays with internet defamation lurking just around the corner we have to double and triple check anything and it's becoming quite annoying. The worst part of it is that law itself does not prohibit us but fear of our reputation being sabotaged is something much more powerful.
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After 18 months of trying to get seriously defamatory material removed from firstly Ripoff Report and then Google I filed proceedings in Australia against Google Inc and Google AU in February 2011.
we don't have the CDA and our High court (Dow Jones v Gutnick 2002)http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/MULR/2003/21.html found that defamation occurs in the place in which it is downloaded.
Am I scared-yes. But I have tough lawyers
drjaniceduffy.com It is not complete yet but I am getting it organised.
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