Post by Anja Nieser on Sept 13, 2006 16:51:17 GMT -5
MySpace pulls parody profile----Creators say they used site to criticize
pro-death penalty judge's 'extremist' actions
MySpace.com is for hipsters, not jokesters.
The popular social networking Web site recently deleted a parody profile
of Sharon Keller, a pro-death penalty Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
judge.
Hooman Hedayati, a government sophomore and president of Texas Students
Against the Death Penalty, said he created the parody profile about 3
weeks ago with friend Scott Cobb, a UT alumnus. They said they formed the
false profile to criticize what they called Keller's "scary and extremist"
judgments.
Keller's office declined to comment Monday.
The profile features parody blogs about Keller getting free football
tickets, in line with recent reports of judges receiving free or
discounted tickets to UT football games.
MySpace deleted the profile 4 times before creating a mostly blank profile
themselves to prevent the URL from being used again, Hedayati said.
MySpace representatives were unavailable for comment on Monday.
According to the MySpace terms and conditions page, the Web site reserves
the right to reject or remove any posting, or terminate any or all parts
of an account "at any time, for any or no reason, with or without prior
notice and without liability."
Hedayati and Cobb said they were unwilling to give up and made a new
address for the profile. They said they could think of no reason for
MySpace to delete the profile, unless Keller or someone from her office
had complained.
Hedayati and Cobb are involved in anti-death penalty organizations but
said they made the profile just for fun as a "personal hobby."
Hedayati said the 2 sent MySpace at least 4 e-mails asking about the
deletion, but never received a response.
"It's a parody," Hedayati said. "If anybody looks at it, they know it.
George Bush has like 15 profiles. We are not pretending to be Sharon
Keller. If you look at the name, it's Sharon Killer, not Keller. It's
clearly just a parody to spread the word about her actions."
Though the MySpace URL for the new profile does have her listed as Sharon
Killer, the actual profile refers to her as Keller several times.
(source: The Daily Texan)
pro-death penalty judge's 'extremist' actions
MySpace.com is for hipsters, not jokesters.
The popular social networking Web site recently deleted a parody profile
of Sharon Keller, a pro-death penalty Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
judge.
Hooman Hedayati, a government sophomore and president of Texas Students
Against the Death Penalty, said he created the parody profile about 3
weeks ago with friend Scott Cobb, a UT alumnus. They said they formed the
false profile to criticize what they called Keller's "scary and extremist"
judgments.
Keller's office declined to comment Monday.
The profile features parody blogs about Keller getting free football
tickets, in line with recent reports of judges receiving free or
discounted tickets to UT football games.
MySpace deleted the profile 4 times before creating a mostly blank profile
themselves to prevent the URL from being used again, Hedayati said.
MySpace representatives were unavailable for comment on Monday.
According to the MySpace terms and conditions page, the Web site reserves
the right to reject or remove any posting, or terminate any or all parts
of an account "at any time, for any or no reason, with or without prior
notice and without liability."
Hedayati and Cobb said they were unwilling to give up and made a new
address for the profile. They said they could think of no reason for
MySpace to delete the profile, unless Keller or someone from her office
had complained.
Hedayati and Cobb are involved in anti-death penalty organizations but
said they made the profile just for fun as a "personal hobby."
Hedayati said the 2 sent MySpace at least 4 e-mails asking about the
deletion, but never received a response.
"It's a parody," Hedayati said. "If anybody looks at it, they know it.
George Bush has like 15 profiles. We are not pretending to be Sharon
Keller. If you look at the name, it's Sharon Killer, not Keller. It's
clearly just a parody to spread the word about her actions."
Though the MySpace URL for the new profile does have her listed as Sharon
Killer, the actual profile refers to her as Keller several times.
(source: The Daily Texan)