Re:MMM Receives Legal Threats
by zevyoura on Wednesday March 12, 2014 @06:10PM
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From the article: "Never mind the fact that Section 230 of Title 47 of the United States Code holds that website owners cannot be held responsible for comments that their users make."
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Wouldn't this be somewhat like the DMCA, where the host is only protected if they respond to claims? Or would it take an actual court injunction to order the material to be removed?
Re:MMM Receives Legal Threats
by dragonwriter on Wednesday March 12, 2014 @07:21PM
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The plain language of the provision is starkly unconditional. 47 USC Sec. 230(c)(1) specifies: "No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider."