:New Rounds Coming in Parents vs. MySpace.com:
It seems that the losers of the infamous $30M lawsuit against MySpace that was dismissed are more than losers. It seems that they are sore losers at that.
Let’s revisit the dismissal…
In dismissing the suit last month, a judge in Austin, Texas, cited a provision in the Communications Decency […]
Suit against Myspace dismissed by judge in Texas:
Hallelujah. For once common sense has prevailed. The $30M lawsuit filed against MySpace by the parents of children who were molested by MySpace users has been dismissed.
U.S. district judge Sam Sparks ruled that MySpace, owned by media giant News Corp., should not be held responsible for what happened. […]
Lawsuits Filed After Students Create Fake MySpace Page About Assistant Principal:
Back in September I posted about Assistant Principal Anna Draker of Clark High School in San Antonio, Texas. She sued not only the students bit also the parents of the students who made a fake MySpace of her. According to the first article the MySpace […]
Blaming MySpace won’t solve sex-offender issues:
The collegiate defense of MySpace concerning the lawsuit against them continues. This time from the U. of Iowa. It’s really starting to give me faith in our college system and that not all college students are class dodging stoners.
Of the social networking websites out there, such as Facebook, Xanga, and […]
MySpace Is Not Responsible For Your Kids:
I don’t know why this is such a hot topic on college campuses but apparently it is. Here is another editorial from a collegiate newspaper about the lawsuits against MySpace. This time from the UConn Daily Campus…
Apparently, litigiousness has replaced quality parenting as the way to raise the youth […]
MySpace: Lawsuits don’t trump personal responsibility:
Another collegiate newspaper has weighed in with their opinion on the lawsuit against MySpace. This time it’s from Penn State . The entire editorial is worth reading but I’ll give you just a little tidbit…
At what point does personal responsibility come into play in this scenario? Where were the parents? […]
MySpace Brings Suit to Stop Spam:
It seems that MySpace has launched their own lawsuit. It has filed a suit against known spammer Scott Richter. Richter had been previously sued before by Microsoft to the tune of $7M. He’s accused of sending out spam MySpace bulletins from users accounts without their permission in order to get […]
Editorial | MySpace predators exploit ignorance:
This is an editorial from The Daily Orange, Syracuse University’s student newspaper. It’s about the recent lawsuit filed against MySpace from the families of victims of predators. Lo and behold it has a common sense tip for parents…
The parents of the children must shoulder the heaviest yoke. Too often, parents […]
MySpace Lawsuits Called Losers:
It seems I’m not the only one who thinks the latest lawsuit against MySpace is without merit. So does law professor Eric Goldman.
First, Goldman says, it’s a stretch under the legal definition of causation to assert that MySpace contributed to a crime that didn’t occur on its premises.
Second, he said, the […]
MySpace.com, News Corp. sued in assault cases:
I’m surprised that this isn’t happening more often. Anyway MySpace and its parent company News Corp. are being sued by families from New York, Texas, Pennsylvania and South Carolina who had children that were sexually assaulted by MySpace users. The suit alleges MySpace of negligence, recklessness, fraud, and negligent […]
Local Family Seeking Law Suit Over Reprinted MySpace Journal Entry:
Apparently some people still don’t get it that if youj post something anywhere on the internet that it might come back to bite you in the ass�
12/13/2006 - A local family claims the Coalinga High School principal went too far when he shared with others what […]
Attorney for “My-Space” Attacker Claims Constitutional Protection:
For those of you who may have forgotten Pete Solis is the 19-year-old at the crux of the MySpace lawsuit. The victim’s mother is suing MySpace because Solis sexually assaulted her 14-year-old daughter. Solis’ attorney in the criminal proceedings has made possibly the most outrageous legal claim ever this […]
Buda Man Indicted In MySpace Sexual Assault:
(CBS 42) A Buda man accused of sexually assaulting a girl he met on MySpace.com has been indicted.
Pete Ignacio Solis, 20, is charged with the assault of a 14-year-old girl in May.
According to police, Solis picked up the girl at Bowie High School and assaulted her in the parking […]
A Fourteen-Year-Old Girl’s Suit Against MySpace: Should Networking Sites Be Legally Responsible for Protecting Teens from Harmful Real-World Conduct?:
This is a great and lengthy article about the viability of the MySpace lawsuit. It’s a great read but the last paragraph, in my opinion, sums up the whole situation…
At the end of the day, however, as […]
TIME.com: A Countersuit in the MySpace Case?
A 14-year-old girl is suing the social networking site, where she met the man charged with sexually assaulting her. Now the man she says assaulted her may pursue his own legal case against MySpace.
It has been an unlikely legal wrangle from the start. First, a 14-year-old Austin, Texas, […]
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