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Originally Posted by ERPP8
Insults get you an infraction
Also this is a free country and anyone can post in it.
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Well first of all, the Internet is not bound by any territorial limits, such as countries. The only thing that countries can do is restrict some websites due to having content which is illegal in their own. Now, that said, the US can't close down nor limit access to a website for something as a freelance news site, just like many other western countries (due to Freedom of Speech), but can limit access to site that can get in violations of the copyright acts, such as IsoHunt. In Canada, it is slightly different, you can download copyrighted assets, as long as you don't have a commercial purpose, which means I can download anything as long as I don't:
a)Sell it and/or;
b)Distribute it and or;
c)Present the content in a social event.
But also notice that your rights end where the rights of another person begin. So yes, you can post about almost anything, as long as it doesn't breach:
a)The rights of another person;
b)The rules set by the community.
Thank you for attending "Internet Laws 101".