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Legal. Artists, Bands and Musicians on Twitter - Google Docs. Can the law keep up with technology? As technology evolves at breakneck speed, thorny legal issues are emerging, experts sayPeople are being sued for what they post on social-networking sites such as TwitterSome of the legal issues involve privacy, defamation and content ownershipThe law is "at least five years behind technology as it is developing," legal expert says (CNN) -- In a case that would have been impossible even five years ago, bad-girl rocker Courtney Love is being sued for libel by a fashion designer for allegedly slamming the woman on Twitter. The suit claims that after a disagreement over what Love should pay Dawn Simorangkir for the clothes she designed, Love posted allegedly derogatory and false comments about the designer -- among them that she had a "history of dealing cocaine" -- on her now-discontinued Twitter feed.

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