Originally Posted by Pipecrew

After that 11.5 million judgement, I figured message boards would learn something. If you are going to censor something, then you better be prepared to censor EVERYTHING POSTED, because you can be held liable. This place is a playground, let the kids get dirty, it makes for cheap entertainment.



http://www.xbiz.com/news_piece.php?id=17511

?Some court have said sites can remove copyrighted material and child porn without fear of incurring liability akin to that of a media source ? that?s an area of the law that is changing,? Obenberger said. ?But the minute a site like GFY starts editing out postings for defamation, it opens itself up to liability if it misses a defamatory post.?