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Re: Craigslist now asks for exclusive license when posting

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Post by learc83 »

The judge in the Righthaven (copyright troll) case ruled they didn't have standing to sue, specifically because they didn't have an exclusive license. I guess this is a response to that.

I still don't think most craigslist posts are copyrightable though.

I think the only real long term solution is for craigslist to build and charge for an API, because I really don't think their copyright claims will hold up in court if someone with enough money to handle the legal battle shows up one day.

Re: Craigslist now asks for exclusive license when posting

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Post by talaketu »

jc123 wrote: post #38
dangrossman wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Read the text. Exclusive license. That means you may not license your post to any other site; giving someone else permission to display your listing is a grant of a license, and such a license is explicitly mentioned in the terms of any UGC site, including Craigslist. The difference is those other terms always say NON-exclusive. Go ahead and stop by YouTube and do a search for the word. This isn't boilerplate legales…

Hard to see the day when craigslist tries to sue posters for this "violation"; so effectively posters can ignore this legalese as it's targeted to give craiglist ammunition against other sites.

Probably not the best advice from a legal or ethical standpoint.

Re: Craigslist now asks for exclusive license when posting

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Post by chrisacky »

Ask AirBnB: Going to change your integration now?

Since AirBnB has tight Craigslist integration, allowing the user to post their listing after they have posted on AirBnB, this sounds like a total paradoxical situation (for lack of a better word). AirBnB kind of set up a listing acting a "proxy", but the owner of the listing hits the final "confirm" to post.

Take a look here for example of the integration. http://andrewchen.co/2012/04/27/how-to-be-a-growth-hacker-an...

Re: Craigslist now asks for exclusive license when posting

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Post by wmeredith »

chrisacky wrote: post #43

Ask AirBnB: Going to change your integration now? Since AirBnB has tight Craigslist integration, allowing the user to post their listing after they have posted on AirBnB, this sounds like a total paradoxical situation (for lack of a better word). AirBnB kind of set up a listing acting a "proxy", but the owner of the listing hits the final "confirm" to post. Take a look here for example of the integration. http://andr…

I'm wondering the same thing for the excellent classifieds app on iOS: Yardsale.

Re: Craigslist now asks for exclusive license when posting

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Post by dedward »

Seems to me that would only apply to the specific instance of content you posted on CL. If you create another post somewhere else, just make it different - it's not a work derived from that content.. it's derived from facts that you already know.

You could post different content on another site all you like.. but nobody can take CL's content and use it.

Re: Craigslist now asks for exclusive license when posting

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Post by dedward »

analog wrote: post #37
dangrossman wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can't protect facts with copyright anywhere, AFAIK. The listing consists of more than facts, including a descriptive title, the descriptive text of the listing, and the attached images. These are all protected. At the moment, PadMapper does not copy any of these things. It's been pointed out. Let's not rehash what's already been said ad nauseum in the PadMapper story comments and stick to discussing this submissi…

I'm not sure that a title or short description would be copyrightable "a work must meet minimal standards of originality in order to qualify for copyright" The photographs however would be covered by copyright. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright

Does it need ot be copyrightable in order for you to agree to contractual terms about something?
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