Comments on: Craigslist: Your data belongs to you http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/10/11/craigslist-your-data-belongs-to-you/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Delia http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/10/11/craigslist-your-data-belongs-to-you/comment-page-1/#comment-335238 Delia Sat, 13 Oct 2007 19:45:26 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/10/11/craigslist-your-data-belongs-to-you/#comment-335238 Mathew, that's vague and ambiguous: what's "generally" doing in that statement? re: "we *generally* don’t view information submitted by our users as data to be used for other purposes" (my emphasis); as usual, I think you are taken for a ride... Delia P.S. take care, anyways! D. Mathew,

that’s vague and ambiguous: what’s “generally” doing in that statement? re: “we *generally* don’t view information submitted by our users as data to be used for other purposes” (my emphasis); as usual, I think you are taken for a ride…

Delia

P.S. take care, anyways! D.

]]> By: Paul Miller http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/10/11/craigslist-your-data-belongs-to-you/comment-page-1/#comment-335231 Paul Miller Fri, 12 Oct 2007 10:34:47 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/10/11/craigslist-your-data-belongs-to-you/#comment-335231 Mathew, you raise some interesting points here, and this is <em>precisely</em> why we have been investing recently in the development of licenses that are intended to encourage sharing, use and reuse of data in much the same way that Creative Commons does for 'creative works'. The mesh of clickstream, attention, intention, recommendation, and more is <em>incredibly</em> powerful, and it seems naive of Craigslist to (appear) to suggest otherwise, although I can admire their <em>intentions</em> in not wanting to 'abuse' data contributed by their users. Explicit use of a license for those data would clarify things for all concerned, probably offer craigslist an additional revenue stream, and definitely create opportunities for an enhanced user experience. See http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/2007/10/open_data_license_it_or_lose_i.php for pointers to the draft license and more. Mathew,

you raise some interesting points here, and this is precisely why we have been investing recently in the development of licenses that are intended to encourage sharing, use and reuse of data in much the same way that Creative Commons does for ‘creative works’.

The mesh of clickstream, attention, intention, recommendation, and more is incredibly powerful, and it seems naive of Craigslist to (appear) to suggest otherwise, although I can admire their intentions in not wanting to ‘abuse’ data contributed by their users.

Explicit use of a license for those data would clarify things for all concerned, probably offer craigslist an additional revenue stream, and definitely create opportunities for an enhanced user experience.

See http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/2007/10/open_data_license_it_or_lose_i.php for pointers to the draft license and more.

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