Ack wrote:but by the letter of the law, any modification of the original content is an unauthorized version and therefore a violation of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act.
Nobody seems to understand THAT.
SourceThe basis for the court's ruling was the Communications Decency Act, which contains a "safe harbor" provision in Section 230. The law provides protection for "any action voluntarily taken in good faith to restrict access to or availability of material that the provider or user considers to be obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, excessively violent, and harassing, or otherwise objectionable, whether or not such material is constitutionally protected."
I think covers it. Bold mine.