Let's say you start harassing the newspaper delivery boy and WaPo decides to cut off service to your house after he reports it. Also, WaPo sends you a letter sa

Let's say you start harassing the newspaper delivery boy and WaPo decides to cut off service to your house after he reports it. Also, WaPo sends you a letter saying that you are prohibited from seeking delivery in the future. You decide to start living at your neighbor's house and set up a new delivery service there instead. That's not okay. With your newsstand example, let's say you go to a newsstand and tear up all the newspapers while laughing maniacally -- banned for life! Now you can't get WaPo from the newsstand either. You're not banned by WaPo, and, yes, if you find a copy on the sidewalk, you're still free to read it, but you're further limited in your legal options for obtaining it. Facebook isn't the "eyeball police" but it can refuse to deliver content to you for violating their terms of service, after notifying you. Because they own the data and the only way to access it is through their servers, they can ban you from accessing their servers. Theoretically, if someone prints out their data and sends it to you, yes, you can read it. But if you initiate the request/delivery, that's not allowed.