> Someone couldn't intentionally hoax a newspaper and then sue the newspaper for having reproduced their creative work of fiction. Your point is cogent, but th

> Someone couldn't intentionally hoax a newspaper and then sue the newspaper for having reproduced their creative work of fiction. Your point is cogent, but the example is not. if someone hoazes a newspaper, the are encouraging the newspaper to “copy” them. Craigslist is not hoaxing 3taps or padmapper, just the opposite. In my conjecture, they’re sending C&D letters saying “Do NOT copy our data. Although most of it is not copyrightable, some of it is and cannot be copied from our web site or API. Get your ‘facts' from original sources.” That is very different from hoaxing or inducing someone to copy and then yelling “gotcha!"