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Ranting and raving: Insurance for bad word choices

By Amy Danise, Insure.com - Last updated: July 28, 2010

If you rant and rave when you're angry, your words can come back to haunt you.

And if your rant gets a wide audience through YouTube videos, blogs or personal Web pages the situation can turn ugly rather quickly. Online media is fertile ground for zinging a friend, grinding an ax or seeking revenge.

A MySpace page rant could accuse a friend of salacious or illegal behavior. Someone may blog about the horrible job a contractor did on their house. That embarrassing video of your friend at last week's party could turn up on YouTube, much to her dismay.

Then the lawsuits begin.

The Media Law Resource Center tracks cases brought against bloggers and others. Staff attorney Eric Robinson says that when lawsuits arise, it's usually because "... http://auto-car.ucoz.com/news/insurance_online/2013-05-27-3506