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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys wrote:
> 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.
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> Well, some posters cry "1st!" and their rights being infringed.
>
> So here's some points--
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> Do the rights of the owners of the private web service trump the 1st? Does the
> 1st even apply to privately owned bulletin boards?
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.
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> 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?
If the poster isn't in America, or an American by birth or naturalization, I
would think not. If he is American, he would have the right no matter where he
is (assuming that that right applied, which I don't believe it does). Of
course, he may be censured at the source end.
-->Bruce<--
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