"Hey, man, it's a free country..."

I think it's amusing when people talk about "freedom of speech" on sites like YouTube. Last time I checked, YouTube is a privately owned company, not a public forum, thus, no one is guaranteed this freedom under the Constitution, as so many are fond of stating. The website lets users post content for free, but does that give anyone the right to "free speech" on the site? Not so much. Actually, there are a lot of misunderstandings concerning free speech in general. I'm sure many people who post content on the internet could be found guilty of libel and slander, were one to pursue the issue. Many people seem to take the perceived anonymity(or lack thereof) to be a license to say things that would be most unacceptable in, say, a public speech. Some people don't seem to realise that even simple trespasses against the law, even on the internet, can have dire real-life consequences, i.e., getting sued. Just something to consider.