If I host a website that allows users to freely say what they want, will I be liable for trademark references, open threats, trade secrets revealed, copyrights infringed, etc?
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If I host a website that allows users to freely say what they want, will I be liable for trademark references, open threats, trade secrets revealed, copyrights infringed, etc?
Asked on October 7, 2012 under Business Law, Colorado
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M.T.G., Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
It would be unwise to let the site go unmonitored. There is no absolute freedom of speech even here in the United States. Speech is indeed limited but law, although most people do not think so. Speech is limited by defamation laws. Or laws that incite to riot. Could you be held liable? Maybe. Maybe not. But why take the chance? Good luck.
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