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Old 11-12-2011, 08:39 AM  
gleem
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Originally Posted by stocktrader23 View Post
I'm not 100% sure about this. You are allowed to moderate some aspects of your website, even if it's user submitted. It's the same reason YouTube isn't liable for the content there even though they will remove it if they don't like it. Service provider status is a bit different in the fact that you can't actively moderate things but that has nothing to do with 2257.

Edit: Unless I'm missing something he just keeps a blog updated. Seems he'd be liable but wtf do I know.
Wrong, you can maintain 2257 exemption removing content after the fact via flags, complaints etc.. but when you are picking what to post, adding editorial content like he does with titles, nifty animated gif commentaries, then he's just full blown editing. My lawyer (Larry Walters / firstammendment.com) told me that would make you 2257 liable no matter where you hosted the content if you were in the US, and couldn't be defended in court.
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