> It's a bit contrived, but the internet itself is such a place. The Internet isn't a place and that's what makes it a carrier. Just like the telephone system

> It's a bit contrived, but the internet itself is such a place. The Internet isn't a place and that's what makes it a carrier. Just like the telephone system, the Internet connects you to other services. Websites are not principally public repositories; they are privately owned services. If they allow you to post, that doesn't make it public in an ownership sense or carrier. > If they want to offload the risk of hosting the content. But they aren't. The law doesn't allow companies or individuals to get away with hosting copyright infringement. It simply makes it possible for companies that accept user uploaded content to function in any way as the alternative would make this impossible. That's all. Implying this requires a moral imperative to allow any content is a stretch at best.