In which Batman points out the fundamental problem with the Myspace hacks

....and if you've never done that, you'll probably consider it after reading the following. Vaughn from JetKing finally had some response from Myspace - unfortunately, I can't say I'm too impressed with what they got back and it speaks volumes for why people can get away with whatever they feel like online. Vaughn asked them to provide details of the IP addresses that logged into the bands account in the last 7 days - better than nothing, right? However, this is what they got back:

"For the IP addresses, my apologies however I cannot give those out without a subpoena sent to our law enforcement division. If you need those, please contact an authority, and have them request to (address removed) any information that you are seeking."

Myspace make two key mistakes here - number one, is that they assume someone from "an authority" knows what the Hell they are doing. Let me just say right here, Myspace are living in a dreamworld if they think a band whose profile has been hacked is going to just magically have a contact "in authority" who knows what the Hell they're talking about.

Number two, is that by brushing the band in question off with a "go to the police, lol" (with no mention of what they're actually doing about this) it seems to pretty much nail home the point that their entire contingency plan for this involves

1) Lying in a ditch and
2) Hoping the magical interweb fairy will come and fix the problem for them.

How utterly tiresome. If this keeps up much longer, I can't really see many bands wanting to stick with the hassle of watching their profiles infect computers by the dozen while sending out mails about penis extensions.

Hey Myspace, when are you going to do something?