Gawker didn't lose because of libel; it lost because of invasion of privacy

The Gawker case was not about libel. It was about invasion of privacy. Not to say the that defending a spurious libel claim is cheap; I know Techdirt has first-hand experience in this. However, the risk of a terrible verdict is hitting in a libel claim is far lower than in an invasion of privacy claim, especially when that claim is over invasive videos such as sex tapes.