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The situation is not quite as straight forward as you seem to believe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsh_v._Alabama

> "Ownership does not always mean absolute dominion. The more an owner, for his advantage, opens up his property for use by the public in general, the more do his rights become circumscribed by the statutory and constitutional rights of those who use it."

Marsh v Alabama may not currently apply to digital spaces, but it's not inconceivable that in the future there will be another SCOTUS ruling to clarify this new emerging scenario.




I am familiar with that topic too, but like you said it doesn't apply to the internet.

I suspect the conditions that it is offered at will matter. If I offer my land for yoga I probably can still filter someone who tries to hold a practice for their rock band.

ELUAs and such would come into play.

Let alone that I'm not yet sure if SCOTUS as a group really understands technology.




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