As Aaron Messing, an information privacy lawyer at Olender Feldman in New Jersey, explained it, Is Anyone Up? is protected by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996. The act provides immunity for Internet service providers—which is interpreted as including websites and blogs—who publish information provided by others. As long as Moore’s material is not illegal, such as child pornography, or copyrighted images, he is not liable. (Free takeaway lesson: file copyright take-down complaints, not defamation claims.) “Mr. Moore, by only posting third-party content remains legally immune, even though he encourages people to send in pictures,” said Messing. That’s why the submission form is so important. It is, essentially, a contract. “Anything defamatory, it’s not mine, it’s yours. You’re taking 100% ownership, I’m not taking the copyright,“ Moore said. "With my site, I don’t want any of that.