Posted by cwdjrxyz on 12/06/06 22:44

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.

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.

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.

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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