One other thought I had regarding this - how about sites like 'github'? It's not that much different to be able to create a public repositories with blog-like c

One other thought I had regarding this - how about sites like 'github'? It's not that much different to be able to create a public repositories with blog-like content. Is github a pipe? If github were a pipe, then they couldn't moderate illegal content based on the point of view that "all software should be free" or the point of view that "viruses are useful and necessary to find and exploit security holes, otherwise those security holes do not get found nor fixed." Both of those points of view are, points of view (perhaps with some flaws, but nonetheless, they are points of view). Then.. if github were forced to host almost whatever content, they seemingly could become another 'pirate-bay'. I suspect the 'is it a pipe' or 'is it a bar' question is perhaps easier to look at via 'proof-by-contradiction' when examining other large websites and services that are not so dissimilar. Another thought, what if a private company wanted to not be a pipe, or what if they actually wanted to be a pipe. Let's say someone had a product launch that was intended and was for all purposes a pipe - though they "couldn't" be because of a user requirement. That seems odd, seems like whether you are a 'pipe' or a 'bar' could be stated in a prospectus and would not need to be a function at all of user count (but instead a function of services provided and how they are provided). In another example, a new phone carrier, just because they are small, would still be a pipe.