blog.wired.com - 11/26/2008
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LOS ANGELES ??? Lori Drew, the 49-year-old woman charged in the first federal cyberbullying case, was cleared of felony computer-hacking charges by a jury Wednesday morning, but convicted of three misdemeanors. The jury deadlocked on a remaining felony charge of conspiracy. After just over a... ...
businessweek.com - 12/2/2008
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businessweek.com —
Part of writing my latest column required interviewing
Michael Wolff, a friend and the author of the...
new Rupert Murdoch bio "The Man Who Owns The News." After some negotiation, the interview took the form of a lengthy discussion-cum-argument. Sort...
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Michael Wolff's Calm, Reasoned Analysis Of MySpace, And ...
blog.wired.com - 11/24/2008
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blog.wired.com —
A federal judge will rule Monday on whether
the case against a 39-year-old woman accused in a...
deadly MySpace hoax can go to the jury, after testimony shows the defendant never saw the MySpace terms-of-service she's accused of criminally violating. ...
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Judge Considers Throwing Out Lori Drew Case
reuters.com - 12/3/2008
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reuters.com —
NEW YORK (Reuters) - MySpace users with mobile
phones are about to find out if they can...
walk and watch TV at the same time. On Wednesday, News Corp's online social network will make video clips from its members' pages available for viewing on mobile ...
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MySpace delivers video to mobile phones
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Breaking [Lori Drew]
Jezebel —
... Lori Drew has been found not guilty of felony hacking charges, but was convicted of three misdemeanors, according to Wired. The one charge of conspiracy remains undecided, as the jury was deadlocked on that count. Wired elaborates: "Jurors found Drew guilty only of conspiring to gain unauthorized access to MySpace for the purpose of obtaining information on Megan Meier — a misdemeanor that will likely carry no jail time. The jury unanimously rejected the three computer hacking charges, and a felony conspiracy charge that alleged the unauthorized ...
Missouri mom escapes felony conviction in MySpace case
L.A. Times Tech Blog —
... Wired.com said the case was decided by the jury's rejection of a novel argument by prosecutors: that violating MySpace's terms of service to inflict emotional distress on someone was tantamount to computer hacking. ...
Lori Drew Not Guilty Of Felonies, But Guilty Of Misdemeanors
Techdirt —
In the landmark cyberbullying case, Lori Drew was found not guilty of three felonies, but guilty of three misdemeanors. The jury is deadlocked on the fourth count of felony conspiracy. The three counts of "accessing a computer without authorization" relate to the creation of a fictitious account on MySpace that was used to engage in an online relationship with Megan Meier. This verdict is not surprising considering the emotionally charged nature of this case. Prosecutors were desperate to convict Lori Drew of something, despite the fact that she may not have ...
Lori Drew not guilty of felony computer hacking
Hack a Day —
... ] of three felony computer hacking charges. She was convicted of three misdemeanor counts for accessing a computer without authorization. The 49-year-old Missouri resident posed as a teenage boy on MySpace and harassed her daughter’s estranged friend [ ...
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MySpace Suicide verdict: Lori Drew guilty of lesser charges
inquisitr.com 11/26/2008 —
A Federal Jury in Los Angeles hearing the MySpace suicide case has found Lori Drew guilty of three minor offenses.
The MySpace Suicide made headlines last year after it was disclosed that a Missouri teenager Megan Meier hanged herself after being tricked into a fake relationship with a ...
Lori Drew Case Goes to Jury
blog.wired.com 11/25/2008 — The landmark cyberbullying case of Lori Drew, accused of participating in a MySpace hoax that prosecutors said prompted a 13-year-old neighbor to commit suicide, is in the hands of the jury after three days of testimony from fifteen witnesses.
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Judge Reveals Long Witness List in Lori Drew Trial
blog.wired.com 11/19/2008 — Witnesses in the so-called MySpace suicide trial include Ron and Tina Meier, the parents of the 13-year-old girl who committed suicide, and Ashley Grills, a former employee of Lori Drew's who helped set up the phony MySpace account that was allegedly ...
Jurors Wanted to Convict Lori Drew of Felonies, But Lacked Evidence
blog.wired.com 12/2/2008 — The jury forewoman in the Lori Drew trial says jurors wanted to convict Lori Drew on three felony counts for unauthorized access to MySpace's computer system, but were stymied by lack of evidence from the prosecutor and had to convict her of ...
Can Lori Drew Verdict Survive Appeal?
blog.wired.com 12/2/2008 — The jury radically reinterprets a 20-year-old anti-hacking law to find Lori Drew guilty of three misdemeanors. But juries do crazy things all the time. The only opinions that matter are those of the trial judge and the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of ...
Lori Drew case dismissed, and why it’s a good thing
inquisitr.com 7/3/2009 —
Charges against Lori Drew, the mother who drove Missouri teenager Megan Meier to suicide on MySpace in 2007 have been dismissed.
Drew was found guilty of three counts of accessing a computer without authorization in November 2008 over tricking Meier, a rival of her daughter, into a fake ...
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MySpace Mobile Launches Streaming Video in Beta Globally
businesswire.com 12/3/2008 — LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MySpace, the world’s premier social network, and RipCode, an innovator of Internet and mobile video infrastructure solutions, announced today that MySpace Mobile users across the
Judge Not Ready To Dismiss Lori Drew Case
techdirt.com 11/11/2008 — from the needs-more-time-to-think-about-it dept We've made it clear that we feel the criminal charges filed against Lori Drew for her participation in creating a fake persona on MySpace, which eventually resulted in the suicide of Megan Meier, a ...
Judge Likely To Exclude Evidence Of Suicide In Lori Drew Lawsuit
techdirt.com 11/13/2008 — We've already pointed out how ridiculous it was that prosecutors charged Lori Drew with violating computer hacking laws. It was, quite clearly, a case where prosecutors were stretching the use of the law beyond its intention in order to file any ...
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