said by Romney2012:said by Oh_No:said by Romney2012:And they did not adhere to takedown requests as was readily apparent in seized emails.
They had nothing to take down.
Everything is user submitted and protected under 1st amendment free speech laws.
They fall under DMCA takedown rules, which they didn't follow. And free speech has NOTHING to do with it. Free speech doesn't negate copyright laws.
A site in New Zealand has to follow the U.S. DMCA?. What about Sharia law, do they have to follow that too?. The U.S. is far overreaching to impose it's laws on other countries. Each country has it's own laws.
