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yes, both padmapper and 3taps were scraping CL directly for some of the time padmapper was scraping, got C&D, so moved to 3taps 3taps got C&D (and was playing
by x0x0 11y ago
yes, both padmapper and 3taps were scraping CL directly for some of the time
padmapper was scraping, got C&D, so moved to 3taps
3taps got C&D (and was playing dumb games like switching ip addresses to avoid blocks), then moved to scraping CL posts out of google's cache, claiming they therefore weren't bound by terms and conditions of CL. After CL blocked google from caching posts, 3taps went back to scraping CL.
- briandear 11y agoUltimately, 3taps knew they were wrong no matter how many ways they try to justify it. For all of their time and energy, they should have just built a new craigslist.
- sangnoir 11y agoWas blocking caching on Google what he referred to as "interfering with Google and other search engines"? That's laying it thick.