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Craigslist has a really bad history of abusing its users. For instance, a few years back they changed the TOS so that CL becomes the copyright holder of all ads
by jstanek 12y ago
Craigslist has a really bad history of abusing its users. For instance, a few years back they changed the TOS so that CL becomes the copyright holder of all ads placed on the site.
- pessimizer 12y agoSo trying to fend off padmapper (whether one agrees with that or not) has suddenly become "a really bad history of abusing its users"? I guess scrapers are users.
- dougmccune 12y agoI think the objection is that the initial knee-jerk reaction to try to fend off scrapers/competitors had a (potentially unintended) consequence of being pretty anti-user by claiming exclusive ownership over the user's content. Craigslist doesn't have to play nice with other services, or aid their competitors, but trying to fight competitors by overreaching and harming your customers isn't OK, which of course, is why they then backtracked on that bad policy after enough public anger.
- shakethemonkey 12y agoYou can safely disregard that part of the TOS. Because law: (a) A transfer of copyright ownership, other than by operation of law, is not valid unless an instrument of conveyance, or a note or memorandum of the transfer, is in writing and signed by the owner of the rights conveyed or such owner's duly authorized agent.[1] [1] http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap2.html http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap2.html