You read that right. That was an actual headline in the Boston Globe this month. Here’s the back story:

A man in California was sending a 13-year-old girl sexually explicit messages. The Supreme Judicial Court in Massachusetts ruled that instant messages were not covered under the current law.

What do you think? Here’s a link to the story so that you can read other comments.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2010/02/instant_message.html?comments=all#readerComm