Twitter can be costly – just ask Courtney Love

Remember Courtney Love? You know – the former lead singer of Hole and perhaps better known as Kurt Cobain’s widow. Well seems Love should be more careful when “tweeting.”

She was sued for defamation (libel) by a fashion designer over comments Love made on her Twitter and her MySpace blog.

The case was settled out of court. The price tag for Love’s tweets? A cool $430,000 for the fashion designer.

The lesson here is this: libel is libel regardless of where the statements are written. This clearly includes defamatory statements made online via social media.

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