OT: We Are All Now Criminals Under The Law

[Atrocities]

I would have charged her with conspiracy to commit murder. The intent was to get the girl to kill herself, and the women made comments to that effect over her communications on that despicable myspace network.

I also believe that myspace is tacitly responsible for allowing this kind of harrassment to go through their system unabated. If it is against their policy, then they are responsible for enforcing said policy.

As for this use of illegal access to a secure server crap, well that one will be for the Supreme Court to decided. I can almost guarantee you that that is where this issue will ultimately end up.

[MrToxin]

They can't read every message that goes through MySpace, Atrocities.

[Atrocities]

MrToxin said:
They can't read every message that goes through MySpace, Atrocities.

No of course not, but they can however run each message through a filtering program that is set up to detect key words and phrases. If the US Government can do it looking for terrorist activity, then I am sure MySpace can too. And besides, you all hate FOX News, and they are both owned by the same parent company so I would suspect that being sued would come as a welcome happenstance to you all.

[Atrocities]

Saying myspace is responsible for the messages sent by its users is like saying that since a rock fell from space and hit my car the FAA/Norad/Airforce/Nasa is responsible for repairs.

Well if the FAA/Norad/Airforce/Nasa are responsible for putting that rock into space in the first place then ya, they are responsible for it when it comes back home to roost.

Your analogy is, while valid, is kinda misleading. If your going to compare holding myspace responsible for the abuse it uses can levy against each other then you should compare it to people suing the fast food industry for making them fat. Didn't work out to well the first go around, but then again when it was tobacco being sued it took years before those bastards had to pay up. Give it time, some slimy trial lawyer who has gotten fat off of ripping people off while managing their loved ones estates will figure out how to beat the system and win a huge judgment against Myspace or other similar site over something like this.

[Xrati]

Maybe we should outlaw the internet. There, another useless thing for the politicians to do! That would be their answer, the "EASY WAY OUT" instead of actually addressing the problem.

AT, if they read every message, there would some liberal group crying foul about privacy. Again, soooooo much concern about privacy and NONE about lives!

[Azselendor]

Saying myspace is responsible for the messages sent by its users is like saying that since a rock fell from space and hit my car the FAA/Norad/Airforce/Nasa is responsible for repairs.

It just ends up leading to frivolous lawsuits.

And enforcement would end up bankrupting many sites on the net or leading to the closure of public communities on the web.

Conspiracy to commit murder wouldn't stick since the target committed suicide. You might be able to play with assisted suicide laws. But in reality, it's the method used to obtain the effect that is illegal.

Cyberbullying easily falls into Hazing laws.