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In this case, just like in most cases about freedom to use information, a legal argument means the opposite: rather than saying that they have government violence to back then up, PadMapper is saying that Craigslist doesn't. In the absence of any sort of enforcement, Craigslist would not be able to do much about people's using their data, after all.

Now, I'm not commenting on whether their behavior is justified or not; I'm merely talking about the role of the government in this particular case.




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