Fair Use and Fair Censorship

Subject: Re: Fair Use and Fair Censorship

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: I participate in discussions on a sports related forum and there has been a controversy arise that I find interesting from a legal standpoint. I'm just looking for opinions since I'm not a direct party to either of these issues. : Both issues involve a pair of web sites, let's call them Site A and Site B. Site A was the original site web site and, after a dispute, Site B was created by people formerly under the employ of Site A. : While there was no legal action arising out of this, there seems to be some animosity between the owners of the two sites - which, by the way, share striking, but perhaps understandable similarities. : Two incidents arose that I thought were interesting. Both involve postings to Site A's message boards. : 1) Site A chose to delete postings by users that referenced Site B - but did not delete posts referencing other sites that might be viewed as competitor sites. : Question: Could this raise a potential legal problem? : 2) Both sites have editorial 'Rumours' sections wherein they post (clearly labeled) rumours about the goings-on within the sport. One user of Site A complains that his posting to the Site A message board was published "almost verbatim" on Site B's Rumours Page. : Question: Assuming the user is correct, does this fall into "Fair Use" or has the poster of the message been wronged. : Thanks, : Bob

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