Re:Bye bye BetterSlack
by jorjordandan on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @04:00PM
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I got a cease and desist for a extension that improved the look of Craigslist. I just ignored it, I've never had to talk to a lawyer or anything. But that's my situation, I understand that other people may feel differently. EFF offered to review my case, but I didn't wind up following up with that either. Might be an option for you.
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Craigslist sued another company that extended its listings with their own code and, as I recall, won.
Re:Bye bye BetterSlack
by stickfigure on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @04:59PM
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I assume you mean this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craigslist_Inc._v._3Taps_Inc.
It seems unlikely to apply to a Chrome extension:
Craigslist Inc. v. 3Taps Inc., 942 F.Supp.2d 962 (N.D. Cal. 2013) was a Northern District of California Court case in which the court held that sending a cease-and-desist letter and enacting an IP address block is sufficient notice of online trespassing, which a plaintiff can use to claim a violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
What would keep it from applying to an extension? It says sufficient, not necessary and sufficient.
Re:Bye bye BetterSlack
by stickfigure on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @06:46PM
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For one thing, the extension author is not an active participant and cannot be considered to be trespassing. A user, maybe. But I don't think we'll see Slack banning users anytime soon.
The intent is clear. I don't know the details of those decisions but Blizzard has won cases and stopped people from distributing tools that access their services in ways they don't approve of.
Re:Bye bye BetterSlack
by stickfigure on Thursday August 30, 2018 @01:48AM
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There may be other laws, precedents, and circumstances that are relevant. That doesn't mean that this case is.