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Eric's blog post today says that "using 3taps just makes it so it’s not a TOU issue." The problem is it doesn't. Craigslist's lawyers already thought of this, which is why the TOU also prohibits the "display" and "derivative use" of "any content posted on craigslist," which PadMapper is clearly doing. As Craiglist's lawyer is likely to put it in the next C&D, assent to the TOU is still implied. [...]
If 3taps is in fact scraping Google's cache, they're also violating Google's terms of use, which prohibits any effort "to access [search results] using a method other than the interface and the instructions that we provide." Anyone want to bet on how long it will be before Google blocks them through technical countermeasures, or sends its own C&D? And if 3taps is in the business of the TOU-prohibited "distribution" of Craigslist data, which it appears to be, it should expect to get a C&D from Craigslist too.
Here's an excerpt from the post: Eric's blog post today says that "using 3taps just makes it so it’s not a TOU issue." The problem is it doesn't. Craigslist's lawyers already thought of this, which is why the TOU also prohibits the "display" and "derivative use" of "any content posted on craigslist," which PadMapper is clearly doing. As Craiglist's lawyer is likely to put it in the next C&D, assent to the TOU is still implied. [...]
If 3taps is in fact scraping Google's cache, they're also violating Google's terms of use, which prohibits any effort "to access [search results] using a method other than the interface and the instructions that we provide." Anyone want to bet on how long it will be before Google blocks them through technical countermeasures, or sends its own C&D? And if 3taps is in the business of the TOU-prohibited "distribution" of Craigslist data, which it appears to be, it should expect to get a C&D from Craigslist too.