Parents sue Facebook over photos of murdered daughter

**Mr Janny** · 03-29-2011, 06:54 PM

Parents sue over Facebook photos of dead daughter - CNN.com

I feel terribly for these parents, but how is facebook responsible?

The parents are also suing their daughter's convicted murderer, Calvin Lawson, paramedic Musarella, the city of New York and Greenleaf Arms Incorporated -- the company that owns the apartment building where Wimmer's body was found.
The pair are also suing Fire Commissioner Salvatore J. Cassano and Richmond University Medical Center, where Musarella had been employed.

Seems like they might be throwing things at a wall and seeing if anything sticks. The medic? Sure. his employer? maybe. The city? The owner of the building? That seems like a huge reach.

**CyCrazy** · 03-29-2011, 06:58 PM

The EMT who posted the pic is sick. Other than that I don't see anyway FB is at fault for this.

**risiusj** · 03-29-2011, 07:02 PM

Facebook owns the photos when they get uploaded to their servers.

**Cy4Patriots** · 03-29-2011, 07:02 PM

They have no case against Facebook. But, they do have a case against the EMT.

**ISUAlum2002** · 03-29-2011, 07:18 PM

Originally Posted by Cy4Patriots

They have no case against Facebook. But, they do have a case against the EMT.

The problem for the parents is that the EMT doesn't have deep pockets.

**SvrWxCy** · 03-29-2011, 07:26 PM

Definitely seems like they are going after everybody and hoping to get something... There is no foreseeable way that they get anything from Facebook...

**cloneswereall** · 03-29-2011, 07:30 PM

Originally Posted by Mr Janny

Parents sue over Facebook photos of dead daughter - CNN.com

I feel terribly for these parents, but how is facebook responsible?

Seems like they might be throwing things at a wall and seeing if anything sticks. The medic? Sure. his employer? maybe. The city? The owner of the building? That seems like a huge reach.

Facebook backlogs the photos uploaded to their site, so by keeping the image, they are still hosting the photo.

I don't necessarily agree with suing the company for it, but they do keep deleted photos on file (and still accessible) for long periods of time before the purge them.

I think they aren't looking at money as much as they are looking to get that picture purged from what the family has said.

**3TrueFans** · 03-29-2011, 08:07 PM

Originally Posted by Mr Janny

Parents sue over Facebook photos of dead daughter - CNN.com

I feel terribly for these parents, but how is facebook responsible?

Seems like they might be throwing things at a wall and seeing if anything sticks. The medic? Sure. his employer? maybe. The city? The owner of the building? That seems like a huge reach.

They might as well sue the internet. Maybe the ISP the EMT uses.

Why start this thread? It's disgusting.

Lighten up, Francis.

**Cytom5** · 03-29-2011, 08:12 PM

This is a horrible story..glad Im from Iowa

**alarson** · 03-29-2011, 08:32 PM

Might as well sue all the internet companies for allowing the data to be transferred over their equipment. And then sue Al Gore for inventing the internet.

**ISUAlum2002** · 03-29-2011, 08:34 PM

Originally Posted by alarson

Might as well sue all the internet companies for allowing the data to be transferred over their equipment. And then sue Al Gore for inventing the internet.

They could also sue the makers of the tubes that make up the series of tubes that is the internet.

**Clonehomer** · 03-29-2011, 08:36 PM

In a case like this, why would facebook even fight to prevent the picture from being removed? It seems like it would be the decent thing to do.

**CyCrazy** · 03-29-2011, 08:36 PM

Originally Posted by Cytom5

This is a horrible story..glad Im from Iowa

What the hell does being from Iowa have to do with anything? This could easily happen here..... Did you hear the news story about the beheaded pitbull found in Marshalltown?? **** happens everywhere.