Craigslist Drops Exclusive License To Your Posts 63
First time accepted submitter Penurious Penguin writes "Last week Craigslist demanded exclusive license to the content you post there, an odd demand which would have prevented ad-content on Craigslist from being advertised anywhere else but Craigslist. Thankfully, today we read from the EFF, the Good News: Craigslist drops exclusive license to your posts. From the article: 'For many years, craigslist has been a good digital citizen. Its opposition to SOPA/PIPA was critically important, and it has been at the forefront of challenges to Section 230 and freedom of expression online. We understand that craigslist faces real challenges in trying to preserve its character and does not want third parties to simply reuse its content in ways that are out of line with its user community’s expectations and could be harmful to its users.
Nevertheless, it was important for craigslist to remove the provision because claiming an exclusive license to the user’s posts--to the exclusion of everyone, including the original poster--would have harmed both innovation and users’ rights, and would have set a terrible precedent. We met with craigslist to discuss this recently and are pleased about their prompt action.'"
No News. Move on.... (Score:5, Insightful)
There's really no way they could have enforced it anyway because it would have fallen in the lowest court, and indeed the ones that followed had they wished to appeal it.
Simply non-news. They screwed up, and caught it.
But other web sites may *try* to continue with this kind of bull shit. Again, it would never ever pass legal muster in a court, it's just asking for a huge class action (where no one wins except the lawyers)...
Easier way to fix it (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Should have let them do it (Score:2, Insightful)
Can't wait to see if I am modded "Funny" or "Informative" for this!
Re:Boilerplate can't steal your implicit copyright (Score:5, Insightful)
It wasn't removing your copyright. In fact, it was acknowledging your copyright, because otherwise you couldn't give them a license to it.
Re:No News. Move on.... (Score:3, Insightful)
Why, exactly, do you think it wouldn't have passed "legal muster"?
Re:No News. Move on.... (Score:0, Insightful)
But other web sites may *try* to continue with this kind of bull shit. Again, it would never ever pass legal muster in a court, it's just asking for a huge class action (where no one wins except the lawyers)...
Bahahaha! Who said the lawyers give a flying fuck about anyone else winning?
Also, just to let you know, other websites may *try*, but Facebook will *DO*, and kindly say "fuck you" to you and your rights.