I'm not sure why they stopped at suing MySpace. Why not the manufacturer of the PC she used too, the manufacturer of the Operating System it ran and the chipset it contained - and why not, too, the provider of the telephony / broadband service which connected her to the internet, and their ISP? And, while they're at it, the electricity supplier, the bank with whom their bond is lodged for supplying the premises, and - hey, why not - God for creating the weather that day that enabled her to go online without being carted off to the land of Oz by a tornado to dance with Munchkins?
Surely someone, somewhere, advised her family that the providers of a service can't be responsible for the use someone makes of that service? If I use an electric carving knife to slit my throat, can my family sue Eskom for providing the electricity? Why should ICTs be different?
Do parents really feel so disempowered by technology that they ascribe it deistic power over themselves, their children, the moral universe - or are they just too lazy to spend the time with their kids, giving them the kind of life skills that equip them to make sensible decisions about the way to lead their lives - in whatever situation, with or without a computer present?
At least the judge had the sense to rule as s/he did....