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Bloggers: YOU CAN & ARE BEING SUED

Since March 2004, the "blogosphere" has doubled in size every five to seven months. There now are more than 53 million blogs. Key blog statistics:

150,000 -- The number of blogs created each day, or nearly two blogs per second.

1.6 million -- The number of daily postings, or more than 66,600 per hour.

39% of the blogs were in English.

31% of the blogs were in Japanese.

12% of the blogs were in Chinese.

2% of the blogs were in Spanish.

40% of those who start a blog are still posting on it three months later.

Source: Technorati, a San Francisco firm that tracks blogs, as of June.



By Laura Parker, USA TODAY
A Florida woman has been awarded $11.3 million in a defamation lawsuit against a Louisiana woman who posted messages on the Internet accusing her of being a "crook," a "con artist" and a "fraud."

Libel involves the publishing of a falsehood that harms someone. Slander is the same doctrine applied to the spoken word.

libel and slander reading material:

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0829656.html

http://www.expertlaw.com/library/personal_injury/defamation.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slander_and_libel

My blog has been threatened with legal action by author John Gray
Published by Gavin Sheridan March 17th, 2004 in John Gray
Link:
http://www.gavinsblog.com/?p=968

And on the other hand:

Bloggers Gain Libel Protection
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,59424,00.html