I wouldn't have nearly as much of a problem with suits like this if the plaintiff even TRIED to make it look like they were working for a change.
She sues MySpace for $30,000,000.00... what will that do ? It will make her rich, and Myspace gets a spanking, but they move on doing what they are doing.
If her lawsuit was for $30,000,000.00 AND that MySpace was now required to (somehow) empyrically verify the user's age, I believe it would at least have an OUNCE of merrit. But just going for cash makes the "greed" flag fly it's grotesque colours in my head.
If she isn't even TRYING to suggest a way MySpace could have prevented this tragedy, she isn't working for a better tomorrow for children, she is working for a better tomorrow for herself.
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Originally Posted by maleficent
The attorney for the girl was on MSNBC tonite...
I can see perhaps myspace settling, but I really can't see him winning...
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I find it funny how in that interview she asks him 'So where were the parents in this incident ?" and the lawyer's reply was that "parents cannot watch their children 24/7 and that this situation happened very quickly."
Last I checked, from the article, this took an entire MONTH to happen. Where were this child's parents in that entire month ? This wasn't a quick thing. If the parents were at ALL aware of their child, they would have known what was going on long before she ever decided to meet the guy.