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> I don't think anyone is arguing that Craigslist don't have that right.

I most certainly am arguing that. Not only is the concept of ownership of information fundamentally mistaken in the first place (copying information doesn't deprive the original holder of anything), but even if you believe data is property, it's the property of the people who created it - not of Craigslist.



It is their property still. They gave Craiglist the right to use it. Padmapper is a 3rd party with no rights here.

Can I create a LinkedIn competitor and just scrape your profile information to put on my site? After all, its the same situation.




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