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by pfschell
2844 days ago
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The time is fast approaching when all of these internet data funnels will have to choose whether acting as editors and publishers is worth the cost of facing the liability for everything they publish. The only reason the internet has worked, more or less, to this point is that you could stand up a service where other people could speak, and not be bankrupted as a consequence of what they say. That time is nearly over. |
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Yes. You have to wonder how many millions of dollars in copyright claims Facebook would face per day if they were treated as a publisher (like a newspaper, which controls content and is responsible for it) rather than a common carrier (like the phone company, which does not control content and is therefore not responsible for it).
They should be made to decide which of the two they want to be.