Just Say N20
08-31-2011, 11:09 AM
Many of you know that I like to continually see what is available in the Donzis for sale arena. One of the easiest ways to do this was using the Jaxed search engine that looked at everything nationwide on Craigslist. This was very convenient.
It was/and still is possible to search individual cities, when looking for an item, but this is a very inefficient way to look for something, and a huge waste of time. Jaxed combined everything into one big list. As a result of this, I have purchased a significant number of items (boat/motorcycle/auto and accessories) at a distance, because the Jaxed search let me find what I was looking for.
Enter lawyers.
In an action that baffles my mind, Jaxed was ordered to CEASE AND DESIST UNLAWFUL MISUSE OF CRAIGSLIST. Did anyone at CL even think about how this would affect them? Why would you intentionally force someone to STOP doing something that made it EASIER for people to buy/sell things, which is why the site exists?
The following is now posted on the Jaxed website:
Aug 26, 2011 20:26:27 : Craigslist sends C&D to jaxed.com
By: jaXed
The jaXed Mash has been presented with a "CEASE AND DESIST UNLAWFUL MISUSE OF CRAIGSLIST" from attorneys representing Craigslist. In the C&D, The jaXed Mash was cited for violating the Craigslist Terms of Use. Cragislist has demanded that The jaXed Mash remove all Craigslist listing titles, and cease to index Craigslist listings in the future.
At this time, we are removing all Craigslist links from The jaXed Mash.
One of the comments posted on the Jaxed.com site was the verbage used to file a complaint. I think it states the case very well.
Aug 29, 2011 17:50:06 : Comment by: Filed
Here is what I wrote to legal@craigslist.org and press@craigslist.org. Feel free to use the same:
I am writing in response to Craigslist’s recent action in furnishing a Cease and Desist letter to www.jaxed.com.
I have been a longtime user of craigslist as both a seller and buyer, and value the service it provides in both realms. I have also been a long time user of supplemental search sites such as www.jaxed.com and others in an effort to locate items across the country. As a result of these supplemental sites, I have in the past been able to locate and purchase a variety of items, for both personal and business purposes.
It is my hope that by writing to you, someone can provide an explanation of why sites such as www.jaxed.com are being intimidated and threatened without cause or justification. Craigslist itself allows me as a consumer to independently visit multiple national sites and search those sites for items I am looking for. However, this is a time consuming and cumbersome exercise and quite frankly I would prefer to spend my time doing other things. Sites such as www.jaxed.com did what craigslist has never done, and made it manageable and efficient to search multiple nationwide sites for items I am looking for. As a result, I am then able to click through to that site and initiate a transaction through the information that has been provided by craigslist. If nothing else, sites such as www.jaxed.com had driven me to use craigslist more often.
As a direct result of the intimidation and threats by Craigslist, my potential audience for buyers has been dramatically reduced, as have my opportunities to purchase items from afar. This has negatively affected not only my bottom line as a business, but also my ability as a consumer to spend money. By losing the ability to search and compare multiple listings, I have also lost my ability as a consumer to protect my choices.
It is ironic that an advanced Google search allows you to obtain similar results as were provided by www.jaxed.com and other sites that have been intimidated and threatened, but unfortunately Google, like craigslist, does not do a very good job of organizing and displaying the results. However, www.jaxed.com did do a good job.
It is also ironic that I get multiple emails per day from “Craigslist’s CEO” advising me to claim my free iPad, or numerous other spam, phishing or fraudulent emails that originate from postings on craigslist. I would assume those are all clear violations of Craigslist’s Terms of Use, did they all get Cease and Desist letters?
I have filed an official complaint with the Illinois Attorney General’s Office in the hope that if there is in fact justification for Craigslist’s action they will be made public, and if there is not, then they will be stopped.
I welcome your comments.
It was/and still is possible to search individual cities, when looking for an item, but this is a very inefficient way to look for something, and a huge waste of time. Jaxed combined everything into one big list. As a result of this, I have purchased a significant number of items (boat/motorcycle/auto and accessories) at a distance, because the Jaxed search let me find what I was looking for.
Enter lawyers.
In an action that baffles my mind, Jaxed was ordered to CEASE AND DESIST UNLAWFUL MISUSE OF CRAIGSLIST. Did anyone at CL even think about how this would affect them? Why would you intentionally force someone to STOP doing something that made it EASIER for people to buy/sell things, which is why the site exists?
The following is now posted on the Jaxed website:
Aug 26, 2011 20:26:27 : Craigslist sends C&D to jaxed.com
By: jaXed
The jaXed Mash has been presented with a "CEASE AND DESIST UNLAWFUL MISUSE OF CRAIGSLIST" from attorneys representing Craigslist. In the C&D, The jaXed Mash was cited for violating the Craigslist Terms of Use. Cragislist has demanded that The jaXed Mash remove all Craigslist listing titles, and cease to index Craigslist listings in the future.
At this time, we are removing all Craigslist links from The jaXed Mash.
One of the comments posted on the Jaxed.com site was the verbage used to file a complaint. I think it states the case very well.
Aug 29, 2011 17:50:06 : Comment by: Filed
Here is what I wrote to legal@craigslist.org and press@craigslist.org. Feel free to use the same:
I am writing in response to Craigslist’s recent action in furnishing a Cease and Desist letter to www.jaxed.com.
I have been a longtime user of craigslist as both a seller and buyer, and value the service it provides in both realms. I have also been a long time user of supplemental search sites such as www.jaxed.com and others in an effort to locate items across the country. As a result of these supplemental sites, I have in the past been able to locate and purchase a variety of items, for both personal and business purposes.
It is my hope that by writing to you, someone can provide an explanation of why sites such as www.jaxed.com are being intimidated and threatened without cause or justification. Craigslist itself allows me as a consumer to independently visit multiple national sites and search those sites for items I am looking for. However, this is a time consuming and cumbersome exercise and quite frankly I would prefer to spend my time doing other things. Sites such as www.jaxed.com did what craigslist has never done, and made it manageable and efficient to search multiple nationwide sites for items I am looking for. As a result, I am then able to click through to that site and initiate a transaction through the information that has been provided by craigslist. If nothing else, sites such as www.jaxed.com had driven me to use craigslist more often.
As a direct result of the intimidation and threats by Craigslist, my potential audience for buyers has been dramatically reduced, as have my opportunities to purchase items from afar. This has negatively affected not only my bottom line as a business, but also my ability as a consumer to spend money. By losing the ability to search and compare multiple listings, I have also lost my ability as a consumer to protect my choices.
It is ironic that an advanced Google search allows you to obtain similar results as were provided by www.jaxed.com and other sites that have been intimidated and threatened, but unfortunately Google, like craigslist, does not do a very good job of organizing and displaying the results. However, www.jaxed.com did do a good job.
It is also ironic that I get multiple emails per day from “Craigslist’s CEO” advising me to claim my free iPad, or numerous other spam, phishing or fraudulent emails that originate from postings on craigslist. I would assume those are all clear violations of Craigslist’s Terms of Use, did they all get Cease and Desist letters?
I have filed an official complaint with the Illinois Attorney General’s Office in the hope that if there is in fact justification for Craigslist’s action they will be made public, and if there is not, then they will be stopped.
I welcome your comments.