U.S. judge says LinkedIn cannot block startup from public profile data

Re:U.S. judge says LinkedIn cannot block startup from public... by smegel on Monday August 14, 2017 @06:34PM (#15013639)

> Private entities own and operate all(most of) the servers, services and conduits, and that does need to be paid for and maintained

And are MORE than happy to send the content of their servers to unsolicited, uninvited, anonymous guests on mere request. No-one is forcing them to do so!

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Re:U.S. judge says LinkedIn cannot block startup from public... by sbarre on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @03:21PM (#15021448)

And that's exactly LinkedIn's position here.

No one should be forcing them to send their content to anyone.

They claim they should be allowed to discriminate at their discretion who they respond to, since they own and operate the servers.

This "no one is forcing you to send your content" goes both ways..

If one side is going to say they're entitled to receive the content on request, the other side wants to be able to say they're entitled to refuse to answer that request..

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