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"Craiglist has been recognized for a failure to innovate and having among the internet’s worst terms of service’s." Wow, that is quite a way to open an article
by ultimoo 13y ago
"Craiglist has been recognized for a failure to innovate and having among the internet’s worst terms of service’s."
Wow, that is quite a way to open an article! Isn't journalism supposed to be slightly more neutral than that. I understand that most of us (myself included) are quite against copyrighting, DRM and closed source etc. but let's not harshly rebuke a company with 30 employees [1]. Simply put, copyright is a contract between the society and an individual that encourages the individual to create, innovate and be artistic. Craigslist did things that they thought were right to protect their users' and their own interests. They found a market. Padmapper used their data. Courts said it is ok to do so since they didn't the copyright to begin with. Fine, let's move on.
No reason to write such a bitter sounding article peppered with "Let this be a lesson to all tech companies", "hopefully this will discourage craigslist", and "sledgehammer to scare innovators". tsk. tsk. Forbes.
- signed0 13y agoPerhaps the author being "Derek Khanna, Contributor", instead of "XX XY, Forbes Staff" has something to do with it.
- eli 13y agoHey, that name looks familiar! http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/01/republican-staffer-fired-for-copyright-memo-talks-to-ars/ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/01/republican-staffe...
- jacoblyles 13y agoLately, he did a lot of work on a campaign to legalize cell phone unlocking[1][2]. I'm not sure how that turned out. [1]http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/02/the-law-against-unlocking-cellphones-is-anti-consumer-anti-business-and-anti-common-sense/272894/ http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/02/the-law-... [2]http://www.forbes.com/sites/derekkhanna/2013/02/25/white-house-petition-on-cellphone-unlocking-receives-over-100000-signatures/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/derekkhanna/2013/02/25/white-hou...
- derekkhanna 13y agoYep - I spearheaded that campaign. We got a bunch of bills introduced in Congress, White House reversed their position, FCC is still investigating. I'm trying to get the best bill through Congress while we lay the groundwork for an overall copyright reform bill.
- gwillen 13y agoIt's not every day I say this to a Republican -- in fact, I'm not sure I ever have before -- but seriously keep up the good work. We're all counting on you. :-)
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- seanp2k2 13y agoThanks for your activism!
- warmwaffles 13y agoAnd he delivers. Can you provide links to the bills?
- michaelhoffman 13y agoWhy should a company with 30 employees be free from rebuke?
- drharris 13y agoDo you disagree? In what way has CL been innovative, or in what way is their TOS not completely unreasonable?