Comments on: Takedown’d http://www.chrisfinke.com/2008/03/13/takedownd/ Christopher Finke is a software engineer who builds high-traffic websites (like AOL Shopping and Mahalo.com) and develops browser add-ons (like ScribeFire, TwitterBar, FireFound, and Tapsure) to enhance the Web. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:27:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: pseudomonas http://www.chrisfinke.com/2008/03/13/takedownd/#comment-47307 pseudomonas Sun, 23 Mar 2008 22:39:35 +0000 http://www.chrisfinke.com/2008/03/13/takedownd/#comment-47307 I can understand that a user using this might violate some ToS - after all, they can put whatever bizarre crazy stuff they like in there - but I don't see why the takedown request. Helping *other* people to violate ToS you didn't sign up to yourself is not a crime, is it? I guess they don't actually allege that you're legally liable, they just imply it in a bullying way. IANAL. I can understand that a user using this might violate some ToS – after all, they can put whatever bizarre crazy stuff they like in there – but I don’t see why the takedown request. Helping *other* people to violate ToS you didn’t sign up to yourself is not a crime, is it? I guess they don’t actually allege that you’re legally liable, they just imply it in a bullying way. IANAL.

]]> By: Jim R. Wilson http://www.chrisfinke.com/2008/03/13/takedownd/#comment-46905 Jim R. Wilson Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:37:35 +0000 http://www.chrisfinke.com/2008/03/13/takedownd/#comment-46905 Hey Adam, It's the difference between being trivial and being difficult. Facebook wants it to be a huge pain to get data out of their site, despite their "support" of DataPortability. Hey Adam,

It’s the difference between being trivial and being difficult. Facebook wants it to be a huge pain to get data out of their site, despite their “support” of DataPortability.

]]> By: Adam Dempsey http://www.chrisfinke.com/2008/03/13/takedownd/#comment-46715 Adam Dempsey Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:02:45 +0000 http://www.chrisfinke.com/2008/03/13/takedownd/#comment-46715 I was going to say isn't that the second time they've asked. I don't see how Facebook Scavenger is harvesting date when it doesn't do anything other than what the users can do themselves without any additional tools other than a web browser and a spreadsheet! I was going to say isn’t that the second time they’ve asked.

I don’t see how Facebook Scavenger is harvesting date when it doesn’t do anything other than what the users can do themselves without any additional tools other than a web browser and a spreadsheet!

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