Last month, the policedetainedthe operatorofa Web site, "TomatoGarden," fromwhich millionsof pirated versionsof Microsoftsoftwarehadbeendownloaded, according tomediareports.
Put simply, the law ensures that the virtual soapbox is not liable for what the speaker says: merely creating a forum in which users post ads that may violate state law plainly does not lead to liability for a websiteoperator.