Are Parents Legally Responsible for Their Children's Internet Use? According to a state judge in Illinois, that parent can face trial in
court.

In a controversial decision issued November 28, Judge Ward S.
Arnold of McHenry County, Ill., ruled that the father of a high school
student accused of digitally grafting the picture of a female classmate's
face to a hard-core sexual image displayed on a Web site can be sued
for damages.