This is something I often see asked a lot in legal forums, and I noticed it was here yet, so even though we know most people won't read this before they ask (lol)...i'll post it anyway...

The main question I have seen over libel is similar to this...

"This company ripped me off, and I have proof...but I don't want them to sue me for libel for telling people about it..."

To those people who ask these questions...just think about it for a minute, and go look up the word ...it means falsly accusing someone/somecompany of things that are not true...if it is true, and you have proof...there is NO WAY they can sue you...

(well they could...but they'd lose, and you could counter-sue for damages done and cost of the suit, etc, etc...)

any opinions on the topic of libel? (i myself thinks it's a rather dumb law anyway...)

It's not a dumb law if the falsehoods actually cost a person something tangible. For example, if someone is spreading lies and it costs you $10,000 in business, then we have a problem. For the most part, I feel like people abuse the slander/libel statutes, though.