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Common sense wins out in MySpace case
A Texas judge has dismissed the $30 million dollar lawsuit against MySpace's parent corporation, News Corp., brought by the parents of a 13 year old girl who was allegedly sexually assaulted by someone she met on the social networking site. Judge Sam Sparks ruled, saying "If anyone had a duty to protect Julie Doe, it was her parents, not MySpace,". "Jullie Doe's" parents, who were apparently looking for both a quick buck and a scapegoat for their own piss-poor parenting, sued News Corp. because they felt MySpace does not sufficiently protect its members. While parents not taking responsibility for their kids is nothing new, it is nice to see that there are still sane people in this world that think that parents need to be responsible for their children instead of letting them run around unsupervised expecting everybody else to protect their offspring (and suing when they don't). Judge Sparks should be applauded for not hopping on the "it's everybody but the parents job to protect the children" bandwagon that currently seems to be back in vogue. (Just look at all the failed attempts to regulate the sale of video games instead of making parents responsible for deciding what games their children are allowed to play.)
Judge says MySpace isn't liable for alleged sexual assault on girl [via Playfuls.com]
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