WatchHow can it ever be right to make information publicly available without a login, and then claim that users can do A with the information, but not B?
This is exactly what Craigslist has done with the rental listings it collects from the public. It distributes them for free, but only to users who say they are going to use them to find a rental themselves, not to users like Padmapper.com that put them on a map to help users find a rental.
WTF?
The situation is analogous to putting up a billboard and then suing people who use that information for any reason other than what you intended. Once you broadcast information to all creation, you should not have any rights over how it is used. If you don't intend to give it away, then don't give it away!
What legal avenues do we have to fight back and to make all websites "Terms of Use" null and void? Seems to me that websites' "Terms of Use" violate the First Amendment, because they take facts that are broadcast for public use and then tries to prevent discussion of them.
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Patrick I agree... you don't like their T.O.S. you can not go there...
... and I don't... that's how you fight back...
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My point is that it's a violation of your freedom of speech to tell you how you can use information that the website publishes for free.
If they give away the info, you should have the right to use it however you want. If a site objects to how you are using the info they are giving away for free, they should not give it away.