Updated Obama campaign usurps Myspace website, not a hit diary
I'm not sure of the legal and ethical issues of this matter, but it seems a shitty way to treat a supporter who'd brought in another 160,000 people through social networking. On the other hand, the creator of the website was the one who opened the door to the campaign by giving them the password so that they could edit content. I'm sure he never dreamed of them taking the whole site away from him though, with MySpace's help. Essentially two years of his work went down the drain, and although it was all volunteer, I don't think it would have hurt the campain to recompense him for his efforts as the site grew, rather than yanking it out from under him. They say they feared a 'train wreck' as the number of MySpace friends grew. It seems to me they, along with the site's creator, created one.
Here is the website in question. It has been, from what I understand, totally changed to an 'official' version.
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