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"The judges said they worried about the First Amendment free-speech violations that could occur if a site removes content when it doesn't actually infringe on copyrights."
Why should they be worried? It is completely within the site hosting company's rights to remove any content it wants to (provided it doesn't have a legal contract or some other agreement with the customer that says otherwise). A hosting copmany is under no *First Amendment* obligations to allow any arbitrary content from their users. (That said, the more they restrict their users, the more the users are going to go to other providers with less restrictions.)
The First Amendment says the *government* shall not restrict free speech. It says that forbids independent companies from doing so. The last thing we want is the courts forcing companies to host content they don't want to -- that would be violating those companies' rights. - Posted by: PB_z Posted on: 03/31/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
Let me get this straight...
Knorthern Knight | 03/30/07
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What's so surprising?
StanB | 03/31/07
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We use miles, thank you :-P
KWierso | 04/02/07
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I hope the 9th circuit likes spam
CobraA1 | 03/31/07
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This isn't about SPAM
shraven | 04/03/07
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Free speech violations if a site takes down non-copyrighted content?
PB_z | 03/31/07
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make that "It says NOTHINGthat forbids independent companies from doing so"
PB_z | 03/31/07
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free speech
Joel Salomon | 04/02/07
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What do you think?
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