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Posted by JJ on 12/06/06 23:00
thanks for that response
On 6 Dec 2006 14:44:50 -0800, "cwdjrxyz" <spamtrap2@cwdjr.info> wrote:
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>JJ wrote:
>> I want to put up several websites.. Id like to be able to have freedom
>> to to post just about anything i want.. I live in the usa but if the
>> host was overseas then it should be ok right? I plan on hosting
>> hacking info.. drug and chemical info. maybe a few nudie pictures..
>> The problem I have is choosing my webhost.. I need a host that wont
>> cave in under pressure from religous groups, political groups, etc..
>> that might want to get my site shutdown.
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>There are many hosts all over the world that can be used, and a domain
>with them sometimes is fairly reasonable in cost. I doubt if any host
>will allow you to put up information that is illegal in their country.
>Thus some research on the legality of what you want to put up in
>various countries is in order if anything you put up is likely to be
>illegal. You mention hacking information. For example, hacking to
>overcome copy protection on commercial DVDs is illegal in many
>countries, and sites that have even given away free programs for doing
>this have been closed in several countries. Here the problem often
>comes to you not from the host, but from a legal order to stop, appear
>in court, or both. However, where not illegal, such as on certain small
>island states, programs for hacking protected DVDs are available and
>being sold. There seem to be hosts in the Far East that will host just
>about anything, illegal or not, for a sometimes high price for things
>such as extreme hardcore sex, child porn, identity theft, etc that are
>very illegal in most countries.
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>Most hosts that cater to small business in the US do not want adult
>material, spammers, etc on their servers, because these bring them more
>problems that the profit they make is worth. However there are a few
>hosts that will allow adult material that is not illegal. Some want to
>know the nature of such material you put up to insure that they are not
>likely to have a legal problem with it. I believe LunarPages.com (This
>might not be the exact name) would allow certain adult material if you
>provided them with a description of just what type of it you wished to
>put up.
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>There is no absolutely free speech anywhere I know. As one US supreme
>court judge said many years ago, free speech does not entitle one to
>cry fire in a crowded theatre. The limits vary greatly from country to
>country and even down to city by city. Even if a local law is a
>violation of national free speech rights, you had best have plenty of
>money, or be able to get a civil rights group interested, to pay huge
>legal fees to take your case to federal courts.
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