Stagger:
Of course not. This network has been up to now one of my most visited sites for exchanging opinions about subjects related to my/our profession, but the freedom of speech right goes far, far beyond any webservers. As I said in my previous post, the report in question was confirmed, however my main reaction was to the behaviour of moderators towards those posting the messages in this case as the rules of the board does not say anything about the content of this report, and is very vague on what is allowed or not. And the fact that moderators may remove and disable accounts on own discretion is just totally out of place on a network meant for rumours.
Even though I'm no legal expert I question your statement that the owners of an internet domain is responsible for it's content in text of opinions of others (being a rumour network, for exhanging and discussing rumours etc.).