Routine conduct at risk with MySpace suicide case

May 16, 2008 By ANICK JESDANUN, AP Internet Writer

(AP) -- Think twice before you sign up for an online service using a fake name or e-mail address. You could be committing a federal crime. Federal prosecutors turned to a novel interpretation of computer hacking law to indict a Missouri mother on charges connected to the suicide of a 13-year-old MySpace user.

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