The Price Of Defame - Courtney Love's Twitter Rant Costs Her $430,000

Rock star Courtney Love has settled the lawsuit brought against her by fashion designer Dawn Simorangkir, aka the “Bourdoir Queen”, after claiming that Love defamed her in a serious of messages sent via Twitter and Love’s MySpace profile.

The cost? $430,000. I’m not quite sure how that works out per tweet, but it’s reassuringly expensive.

Quite.

There are bigger repercussions here for everybody on Twitter – not just celebrities – as defamation has long been an issue (and one that I have repeatedly highlighted).

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