common carrier
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As professor Eugene Volokh, one of the originators of the common carrier analogy, explains, what separates entities such as newspapers from entities such as phone companies is whether they produce a “coherent speech product.”
From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2024
We cannot stress this enough: No, an Ohio judge did not declare Google a common carrier this week.
From Washington Post ● May 26, 2022
Florida and Texas are both, to some extent, relying on the common carrier argument.
From The Verge ● Dec. 16, 2021
If Google is declared a common carrier, the average web user’s experience of search would, for the most part, remain the same.
From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2021
Unless otherwise agreed, he is liable for damage or loss through negligence, and if he be a common carrier, as he frequently is, even the absence of negligence may not save him.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various
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