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		debacle on July 24, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Craigslist Suing Padmapper > The lawsuit raises questions about who should be able to use the vast amount of user-created data hosted on a site like Craigslist. No, it really doesn't. This isn't going to be a long, exciting case challenging the underpinnings of copyright law and server terms of services. Padmapper isn't that company.

mootothemax on July 24, 2012 | [–]

Agreed - there have been an awful lot of armchair lawyers asserting that there's more to this case than there really is.

debacle on July 24, 2012 | | [–]

There really is a lot to this case and a lot of precedent to be set, I wont deny that, but PadMapper doesn't have the resources to fight this battle.

rdl on July 24, 2012 | [–]

3taps, however, is.

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