May 18th, 2009

Judge Delays Decision In MySpace Suicide Case

By Wendy Davis, Mediapost

A federal judge postponed sentencing in the MySpace suicide case because he is still considering whether the jury's verdict against Lori Drew should stand...

But Drew's lawyers, as well as outside groups like the Electronic Frontier Foundation, had argued that ignoring a Web site's terms of service doesn't violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act -- a statute aimed at penalizing hacking and identity theft.

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