Behind the Curtain of the MySpace Legal Drama

The super-popular MySpace social networking site has been buffeted by a storm of negative press over the actions of several state attorneys general and their recent requests for sex offender information. The whole mess has unfolded like a bad soap opera — and it must be particularly baffling for MySpace, because it has invested a significant amount of resources and technological effort to ensure that sex offenders can’t use MySpace to lure or harass anyone.