If google were merely serving me ads on gmail.com I would have no complaints, however, that's not all that happens. I have had two separate occasions where the content of my email were used by third parties for more marketing.
Rather than hire an attorney, however, I merely rolled up my sleeves and put together my own mail services.
If I were to take a soap box and stand in your living room espousing the virtues of blood sausage and you did not like that you have every right to usher me out the door (including a few unkind words should you so desire.) That is not censorship it is you protecting your space. If I were to post a comment to this story about blood sausage, the operators of this site have every right to usher me out the door as well (including a few unkind words should they so desire.) That is still not censorship because they are protecting their site's reputation. This is called operating a business.
If, however, PETA were to come along and demand under DMCA or other law, that my comments to be taken down because they do not like blood sausage then there is government involvement, at least at the periphery, and thus it becomes censorship.
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Rather than hire an attorney, however, I merely rolled up my sleeves and put together my own mail services.
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Think of it this way...
If, however, PETA were to come along and demand under DMCA or other law, that my comments to be taken down because they do not like blood sausage then there is government involvement, at least at the periphery, and thus it becomes censorship.
This really isn't rocket science.
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