craigslists Wins Again Classified megasite craiglists won another victory in its fight to block 3Taps from aggregating and republishing craigslist ads. As set forth in the craiglists complaint, 3Taps copies (or “scrapes”) all content posted to craigslist in real time, directly from the craigslist website; markets a “craigslist API” to allow third parties to access…
TOP STORIES OF 2009 ZERO HOUR APPROACHING ON PRIVACY; NINTH CIRCUIT SHUTS DOOR TO LITIGATION MILLS & NEGATIVE OPTION CRACK DOWN Zero Hour on Privacy Throughout the year, the FTC ratcheted up the rhetoric that action was imminent if the online advertising industry did not move to provide greater privacy safeguards for behavioral targeting. The year ended with…
Judge Wu set aside the verdict set aside by the trial judge explaining that creating a criminal offense out of violations of a website terms of service “makes the website owner – in essence – the party who ultimately defines the criminal conduct . . . [Which would give] too much discretion to the police and too little notice to citizens who wish to use the [Internet].” Prosecutors have now decided to withdraw their appeal and let Judge Wu’s ruling stand.
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