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Here's a topic for your consideration--
I'm reading some other NG's, and there's a hotly debated issue--the NG is
privately owned by the web owners, and, as such, they believe they can edit the
content of posted messages for language and other content not suitable for the
PG13 group and under.
Well, some posters cry "1st!" and their rights being infringed.
So here's some points--
Do the rights of the owners of the private web service trump the 1st? Does the
1st even apply to privately owned bulletin boards?
If the webserver is located in the territory of the US but the poster is not
American, does that ammendment (or any American laws) apply to the poster...
And the reverse--if the service is outside the US but the poster is American,
does he have the 1st as a right?
It's an interesting topic for me, seeing as how I read a variety of NG's every
day.
Dave K
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| (...) Seems pretty cut and dried to me. What rights did the posters purchase from the owner of the publishing venue (the owner of the privately owned BB)? Assuming the owner is in the US that's all that matters, posters nationality is irrelevant. (...) (21 years ago, 29-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Very likely, yes. Journalists are known to edit interviews and such. The problem becomes one of who owns the forum versus misrepresenting someone's views. I'd say that it might be actionable if someone's views are savagely distorted and have (...) (21 years ago, 29-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) It's the owners board - they are not obligated to allow you to use it as a sounding board, unless they have specifically stated otherwise (TOS, possibly for a fee). Personally, I wouldn't participate in a service that did editing. (...) If the (...) (21 years ago, 29-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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