In 2001, John Vogel and Paul Grannis sued Joseph Felice over slander and libel in digital media.
The lawsuit was filed in California in San Benito County California Superior Court; Court Of Appeal of the State of California Sixth Appellate District. Joseph Felice blogged on a website that "allegedly contained defamatory statements about Vogel and Granis, including "a list entitled 'Top Ten Dumb Asses,'" in which Vogel and Grannis were "listed as the number 1 and number 2 dumb asses, respectively."
The court rulled that Felice was not proven to act with “actual malice.” Also the postings on Vogel's website were not provable facts, so they were necessarily defamatory. This ruling has set a precent that allows deragatory statements to be posted because they are statements of opion and not provable facts.
http://www.citmedialaw.org/threats/vogel-v-felice
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