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>But, it's NOT Craiglist's data! The data was entered by users to Craiglist in order to share with others. The data is owned by users, not Craiglist. So what?
by Avshalom 14y ago
>But, it's NOT Craiglist's data! The data was entered by users to Craiglist in order to share with others. The data is owned by users, not Craiglist.
So what? Lets assume it is your/mine/somebody's data. When we post stuff to Craiglist we give Craigslist a license to use it. We --by the ToS explicitly DON'T and even ignoring the ToS still-- implicitly DON'T give Padmapper a license to use our data. Padmapper was still using data it had no license to use, regardless of who that license should come from.
- learc83 14y agoStill not a copyright violation. You can't copyright a fact. I write a post that says "I am renting an apartment at 221B Baker Street." Padmapper copies it. My post is not copyrightable, so (regardless of what you think of the copyrightability of a collection of facts), Padmapper has not violated the copyright on my single post because it doesn't exist. If I were to include some original creative text that was copyrightable, Padmapper is still fine, because they only copy the facts of the post not the full text.
- stickfigure 14y agoThis would be a more compelling argument if you could find one real user who would prefer their data stay on craigslist and not appear on Padmapper. It's fairly safe to say that people who post to craigslist actively desire their ad to be viewed by as many people as possible.