Lawsuit Society VS MySpace
April 1st 2008 14:01
...and still we shift our responsibilities elsewhere!
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Sometimes you have to wonder if making obvious comments about an article you read will get you a lawsuit. After all you might look and have it staring at you in the face, but because it is still being litigated in courts you can hurt the cause, er ah, I mean, case!
So I'm just going to say what it reads and you see if you can find the words that SHOUT out at you.
The family of an underage girl who was raped wants to reopen their lawsuit against MySpace. The girl was sexually assaulted by a man she met on MySpace. The girl was 14 and the boy was 19 at the time. The family seeks $30 million in their lawsuit claiming that MySpace has the legal duty to protect young users from sexual predators. I don't care much for MySpace and most users know what the social network is used for! Everyone who doesn't is only kidding themselves, but for the sake of argument lets remain dumb.
Although MySpace is immune from lawsuits, this suit is a pure waste of time and effort but perhaps persistancy is it's own reward. From the article:
The girl, identified as Julie Doe in court papers, was 13 when she created a MySpace profile in 2005. MySpace requires users to be at least 14, but the girl misrepresented herself as 18 years old.
She was 14 when the 19-year-old male contacted her through MySpace and corresponded for several weeks before he allegedly sexually assaulted her during a meeting in Travis County, Texas, in May 2006.
So 'Julie' lied about her age and actually corresponded with this hormone on steroids before the planned encounter. I'm sure she dressed and acted like a 14 year-old, but that's just me.
The family lawyer claims "It has a responsibility to (protect) children," he said.
Reminder from above: She misrepresented herself as 18 years old. Maybe MySpace's crystal ball was in the repair shop. My own opinion is that people who flash billboards have to be ready for those answering the ad. If the 19 year-old had no criminal record, it seems useless to try to make the situation into something it's not.
My opinion is that when parents are made into fools because they don't monitor and protect their kids, the result is fingerpointing. If you could get some money out of it great. It's obvious where the buck stops or else the 19 year-old would be getting sued. I was 14 once and things don't change by much. People want to grow up before their time!
signals
Sometimes you have to wonder if making obvious comments about an article you read will get you a lawsuit. After all you might look and have it staring at you in the face, but because it is still being litigated in courts you can hurt the cause, er ah, I mean, case!
So I'm just going to say what it reads and you see if you can find the words that SHOUT out at you.
The family of an underage girl who was raped wants to reopen their lawsuit against MySpace. The girl was sexually assaulted by a man she met on MySpace. The girl was 14 and the boy was 19 at the time. The family seeks $30 million in their lawsuit claiming that MySpace has the legal duty to protect young users from sexual predators. I don't care much for MySpace and most users know what the social network is used for! Everyone who doesn't is only kidding themselves, but for the sake of argument lets remain dumb.
Although MySpace is immune from lawsuits, this suit is a pure waste of time and effort but perhaps persistancy is it's own reward. From the article:
The girl, identified as Julie Doe in court papers, was 13 when she created a MySpace profile in 2005. MySpace requires users to be at least 14, but the girl misrepresented herself as 18 years old.
She was 14 when the 19-year-old male contacted her through MySpace and corresponded for several weeks before he allegedly sexually assaulted her during a meeting in Travis County, Texas, in May 2006.
So 'Julie' lied about her age and actually corresponded with this hormone on steroids before the planned encounter. I'm sure she dressed and acted like a 14 year-old, but that's just me.
The family lawyer claims "It has a responsibility to (protect) children," he said.
Reminder from above: She misrepresented herself as 18 years old. Maybe MySpace's crystal ball was in the repair shop. My own opinion is that people who flash billboards have to be ready for those answering the ad. If the 19 year-old had no criminal record, it seems useless to try to make the situation into something it's not.
My opinion is that when parents are made into fools because they don't monitor and protect their kids, the result is fingerpointing. If you could get some money out of it great. It's obvious where the buck stops or else the 19 year-old would be getting sued. I was 14 once and things don't change by much. People want to grow up before their time!
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