One last comment about Strikethroughgate

[winter]

Open this time: can anyone with legal experience in the US or other common-law system tell me whether in the light of this, the following disclaimer might hold water?

This [journal/post/story] discusses matters concerning activity that may be illegal in certain jurisdictions. This is for artistic purposes only, is not meant to condone or encourage such activity, and the author opposes any and all illegal activity. This [journal/post/story] is not used in furtherance of any illegal activity.

I'm thinking that combined with removing questionable interests, this might be a nice argument to pull up with LJ abuse next time they pull this card. "Didn't you read the disclaimer in my profile?"

Comments

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

Not a lawyer, but the LJ Abusive team said they had no discretionary power. If the 'interest' was present, it was enough to delete. They were aware that the interest could be there for other reasons than for promotion.

We can remove these interests for now, but one never knows what new things they'll call up as dangerous.

[winter]

combined with removing questionable interests

The legal argument is that having something as interest could be defined as promoting/encouraging it by LIVEJOURNAL (by allowing people interested in it to contact each other). The material quoted in the post linked above read that if it's NOT an interest, then 3 criteria have to be fulfilled in order for it to be legal with LJ (in their own words).

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

ah okay then. Sorry;