Comments on: Deep Pockets Files: More Myspace suits

By: Amsterdamsky

Amsterdamsky — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 12:54:54 +0000

“Why stop there. They traveled and probably fornicated in cars made by giant multinational corporations. ”

Classic one coyote. I might put that on my wall.

By: Melvin

Melvin — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 13:05:37 +0000

Only one hole in the idea, though–if the GIRL went on HER own, in whatever way, and SHE went to HIM, HE couldn’t be prosecuted even under the Mann Act.

By: LAN3

LAN3 — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 06:41:11 +0000

Good idea, Nevins– technically, it was all those cars that were violating the old Mann Act, transporting a woman across state lines for immoral purposes.

Plus a good dose of litigation like this could really stick the last nail in Amtrak’s coffin.

By: nevins

nevins — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 17:57:44 +0000

Why stop there. They traveled and probably fornicated in cars made by giant multinational corporations.

By: Coyote

Coyote — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 15:03:45 +0000

Many of these sad stories involve telephone contact at some point. Why doesn’t anyone sue the phone company for facilitating such contact?

By: jb

jb — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 09:28:39 +0000

Now, Myspace doesn’t let you claim to be under 18 in your profile, or search for under-18-year-olds. They don’t require proof of being over 18 (does anything, besides social security numbers, really tell this? Some under-18s have credit cards, I doubt they could tap into a driver’s license database, etc).

So what is this “more” that they could do? If a 14-year-old claims to be 18, gets a myspace, meets an adult, and gets abused, well, (s)he’s just defrauded myspace. Victims of fraud, in general, ought not to be legally liable for not seeing through the hoax.

By: Amsterdamsky

Amsterdamsky — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 02:31:06 +0000

So Myspace will be a registered sex offender in Georgia now like the Mother who didn’t do enough to stop her 15 year old daughter from having sex?