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MySpace suicide case: conviction overturned

Today, federal judge George Wu officially overturned the conviction of Lori Drew, who was convicted of cyberbullying 13-year-old Megan Meier to suicide. That conviction was based on the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act CFAA, on the theory that Drew violated the law by violating MySpace terms of service....

Tags: Conviction, MySpace, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-08-31

Drew's lawyer asks for dismissal of conviction

Drew's lawyer asks for dismissal of convictiondrew's did the crimee did the crime let him do the time and dont let him off he dersives to go to prisonRE: Drew's lawyer asks for dismissal of convictionPlain and simple, Drew needs to be held accountable for her actions and...

Tags: conviction, dismissal

Discussion threads 2009-01-09

Drew's lawyer asks for dismissal of conviction

Motion says it was improper to convict in MySpace suicide law based on computer fraud statute. by Richard Koman

Tags: Computer Fraud, Conviction, Attorney, Lori Drew, Productivity, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-01-09

In court: iPhone suit dismissed, Qwest conviction reviewed

Lots of court action today: Apple won a summary judgment in a class-action lawsuit charging the company with deceiving consumers on iPhone batteries, Bloomberg reports. ``Apple disclosed on the outside of the iPhone package that the'' battery has ```limited recharge...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Qwest Communications Inc., Arbitration, Apple Inc., Conviction, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-26

Inmate Search 1 (Windows)

Search and detect all information about inmates. The access is instant and the results are accurate and include date of arrest, date of conviction, date of release, sentencing time, reason for conviction, inmates IDOC number, inmates birth date and age, and prison location. This version is the first release on...

Tags: Conviction, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-05-16

Convicted cop may have been framed with false science

Convicted cop may have been framed with false scienceMore & Moretimes we are hearing of flawed exidence in many cases & the defendent is released from prison. When do we stop this run away train????It's all about the convictionThere's plenty of good science to use to prosecute with. But prosecutors...

Tags: Real estate, false science, conviction, analysis, agent

Discussion threads 2007-11-20

Doubts arise over fate of breathalyzer source code in Minn. case

Doubts arise over fate of breathalyzer source code in Minn. caseBettera drunk driver get off scott-free, than justice be done.Closed-source voting machine software, anyone?:o)Remember stateshiding the code is not a good idea and if justice is to fairly rule on the full status of the accused, the govt may...

Tags: source code, conviction, blood test

Discussion threads 2007-08-10

State conviction records fuel a burgeoning industry

Local governments routinely sell records of criminal and motor vehicle convictions to a range of businesses. In Connecticut, for example, the court system charges $1,400 a year for such records, the Waterbury CT Republican-American notes. Thats small potatoes. The newspaper reports that huge database companies like ChoicePoint...

Tags: conviction, Government technology, State &, Local Govt, Waterbury

Blog posts 2006-12-11

Three convictions in Net piracy sweeps

Three convictions in Net piracy sweepsThe US is chassing the wrong Criminals!As Usual the is US protecting is own proven criminals (MPAA/RIAA and the like) in the name of defending the "nation investors", What a joke, spending millions of the tax payer's dollars to do a witches chasse, instead of...

Tags: O'Connor, conviction, piracy, movie

Discussion threads 2005-03-08

New weapon in child-porn wars

New weapon in child-porn warsBrowser hijackers and child porn spywareI would like to send you some links to publications about mycriminal case. I worked for Mitsubishi Electric Automation in Vernon Hills, IL, USA.My case are getting public attention now as an example of miscarriageof justice. I could not defend myself,...

Tags: child pornography, conviction

Discussion threads 2004-12-08

Music industry sues 459 european song-swappers

Music industry sues 459 european song-swappersWow.9000 songs? What, was the guy trying to be the first to completely fill up a 40GB iPod or something?Wow.. in this case, I'd have to agree with the recording industry that people like this guy are indeed NOT their customers (well, assuming that...

Tags: Piracy, Peer to peer (P2P), Digital music, Digital media, conviction

Discussion threads 2004-10-07

Additional Resources

Don't cry for me Joe Lieberman

the patriots are rising against the socialist billThe Obamacare is gasping for air while the liberals are preparing to be booted out of the congress in 2010.The real Americans have risen again and upheld the values of the founding fathers against dangerous foreign socialist ideeas.End Socialism Now!Enough with the Commissar's...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, Obamacare, patriot, socialist, socialism, reconciliation, Joe Lieberman

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Affirmation Garden for iPhone 1.5.2 (Mobile)

Affirmation Garden for iPhone is a wonderful companion to assist you in engaging with simple, yet commonly overlooked, positive statements, quotes, utilizing beautiful 3D graphics, and sound, to help you engage with and retain these all important life altering tools. In order to ensure the effectiveness of the affirmations, they...

Tags: Apple iPhone, 3D, Mobile

Software downloads 2009-10-22

Apology solicited for death of computing founding father Turing

Point of clarification He was convicted of sodomy, not homosexuality. There is a difference.Indeed he wasHe was convicted of sodomy - but as I wrote, this was covered under an act of law (which for the life of me, cannot find a link or a name of the act of...

Tags: monarch, homosexuality

Discussion threads 2009-09-01

News to know: VMWorld; Disney-Marvel; netbooks; Blackberry Storm; mobile banking; Apple

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Dan Kusnetzky: Doing the VMworld Dance, Day 1 Jason Perlow: Frugal Tech Show: Speaking with Centrify at VMWorld 2009...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Mobile, Mobile Banking, Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Netbook, BlackBerry Storm, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows 7, Wiki, Hardware, Online Communications, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-01

MySpace suicide case: conviction overturned

bullyingIs it a crime to bully someone to a degree such that they commit suicide?

Tags: MySpace

Discussion threads 2009-08-31

The First Amendment rights of anonymous defamers

Actually, this is a 6th amendment issue.Namely, the right to face your accuser in a court of law. The anonymity was stripped because the woman intended to file criminal charges.Huh?The blogger was intending to sue the celebrity?The difference between free speech and defamationWhy do people think they can say ANYTHING...

Tags: First Amendment, defamation, perpetrator

Discussion threads 2009-08-20

Goldman goes ga-ga for Google, cites YouTube, Europe and display ads

Goldman Sachs figures Google will come out of the downturn with revenue growth rates in the mid-teens in 2010. Goldman Sachs added Google to its "conviction buy list" with a 6-month target of $560. Overall, the investment firm sees Google excelling in Europe as travel and e-commerce...

Tags: Revenue, Google Inc., Advertisement, YouTube Inc., Goldman, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-20

MySpace suicide conviction tentatively overturned

MySpace suicide conviction tentatively overturnedThe last sentance is the rub...?Ultimately I think Congress has to deal with this issue,? said former Assistant U.S. Atty. Laurie Levenson, now a professor at Loyola Law School. ?The challenge is to draft legislation that . . . isn?t so broad that it chills people?s...

Tags: suicide conviction, MySpace, MSN

Discussion threads 2009-07-03

MySpace suicide conviction tentatively overturned

It looks like Lori Drew - the too-involved-in-her-daughter's-social-problems mom whose MySpace fraud led 13-year-old Megan Meier to kill herself - will go free after all. A federal jury convicted Drew last year on three misdemeanor counts of computer fraud. But on Thursday, the judge in the case tentatively threw out...

Tags: Computer Fraud, Computer, MySpace, Productivity, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-07-02