Vertical Search Engines and Copyright 62
An anonymous reader writes "I am a big fan of Oodle, the online classifieds aggregator. I was disheartened when Craigslist announced that they would block Oodle from their site in late 2005 (old link), as I find their service very handy. I came across this page at the site of an aggregator of freelance job openings that summarizes the arguments around the legality of meta search engines and mashup-like sites and I found myself wondering if Oodle could have avoided the ban. There is an interesting argument there that seems to undermine copyright claims of user-generated content compilations. Are mashups legal? How does this affect sites like Digg or YouTube?"
Re:Content Aggregation and Mashups (Score:5, Insightful)
But this sharing is where problems arise, as everyone thinks they're entitled to a larger share of the cash than the next person...
Re:Content Aggregation and Mashups (Score:3, Insightful)
Ughhh, I can't freaking stand "mashup"! (Score:5, Insightful)
If I'm understanding correctly, craigslist has terms of service, and Oodle was systematically violating them. That's their right, whether there's a formal copyright violation or not.
I'd never heard of Oodle, but craigslist is notoriously easygoing and their terms (you can run searches but not mirror the whole damn thing) seem reasonable, so I think the way Oodle could have avoided the ban is by not pissing Craig off.
Attribution and Citation (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Content Aggregation and Mashups (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:One website's self-justifying legal disclaimer (Score:4, Insightful)
Doesn't the submitter mean "I wrote this page and thought I could get it on