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I think you need to take one more step back. Craigslist doesn't own the listing data on their site. They even say so and for a VERY important reason. If they
by IanDrake 14y ago
I think you need to take one more step back. Craigslist doesn't own the listing data on their site. They even say so and for a VERY important reason.
If they own the listing data, they're responsible for it's content. So, in some cases, they'd be responsible for selling sex, drugs, and stolen property. Not to mention responsible for a murder or two.
As soon as they claim they own the user generated content, they'll be opening themselves to thousands of lawsuits for their complicity in thousands of illegal acts.
Reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_230_of_the_Communications_Decency_Act http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_230_of_the_Communicatio...
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- orangecat 14y agoIn my opinion, this is the wrong thing to do. They should respect the wishes of company A and just not do it because they were told/asked not to. So it's wrong to jailbreak your iPhone because Apple would prefer that you didn't, even though it's explicitly legal?