Craigslist Forced To Reveal a Seller's Identity

mi writes "The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts has won a judgment compelling Craigslist to reveal the identity of 'Daniel,' who tried to sell two tickets to the Oscar ceremony recently. The plaintiff's argument against such sales is scary and can be taken very far very quickly: 'If you don't know who's inside the theater, it's very difficult to provide security.' Craigslist's handling of the case may be even scarier, however — instead of fighting tooth-and-nail for the user's privacy, as we expect Google, Yahoo, and AOL, and even credit-card issuers to do, Craigslist simply did not show up in court and lost by default."

Hai Guise

[Anonymous Coward]

I got two oscar tickets. Anyone want em? Asking $600 OBO.

Services not found on Craigslist:

[halsver]

Legal representation

Well it's the court's fault.

[hansoloaf]

they didn't post the hearing notice under rants and raves.

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[stretchpuppy]

Maybe Craig was too busy responding to bots and picture collectors. Real results takes all day!

The perfect place to buy tickets is...

[gooseupfront]

Craigslist. Not only do you get a great deal on tickets, you get a great deal on a date to go with you!

Re:Well it's the court's fault.

[TornCityVenz]

Now they will have to post the judgment in Missed Connections.

Yes, but..

[PC and Sony Fanboy]

Craigslist might be seedy, but then again, everyone needs a dark alley to buy their fake gucci bags and knock-off soccer shirts. Ebay just doesn't cut it anymore...

Damn it.

[FlyingSquidStudios]

There goes my prostitution business.

Craigslist Forced?

[greymond]

More like CL didn't care. They didn't care enough to show up to court, so they didn't care enough to fight about it.

The sad thing is, I'm not really surprised. They have warnings in their real estate section of housing wanted/for sale that states that if you post something like "Only Mexican People Can Buy/Live-in My House" you will get fined - so they must be down with sharing your info when asked for it.

Obligatory Simpsons

[faloi]

"De-fault! Woohoo! The two sweetest words in the English language!"

Re:Why do the even HAVE tickets?

[Shados]

And good thing they didn't. Tom Cruise and "-above-" pretty much includes 95% of the human population.

Re:Why do the even HAVE tickets?

[zippthorne]

To be fair, Xenu flew a bunch of people he didn't like into a volcano, coach.

Re:nothing to be scared of

[Tipa]

If you sell your Oscar tickets on Craigslist, the terrorists win.

Re:Hai Guise

[ari_j]

You must be new here. Moderators can't read the summary just like meta-moderators can't read the comment whose moderation they're meta-moderating. Similarly, editors aren't permitted to read the article.

Re:Well it's the court's fault.

[ari_j]

Now they will have to post the judgment in Missed Connections.

You: A worldwide free classified ad website that has become something of an internet phenomenon, posting furniture, prostitutes, musician-wanted, and dating ads all in one convenient place.

Me: The judgment issued the other day when you defaulted on your court appearance to defend against my issuance.

Re:Hai Guise

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They just released Daniel's real name - turns out it is Alan Smithee.

Re:The perfect place to buy tickets is...

[jd]

No, once they'd caught they buyer, they just put the tickets up on eBay.

Re:That isn't really the point...

[rs79]

The people at Craigslist thought "What a bunch of fucking tools. I'm not interested in their 'authority', and I'm not going to take time out of my busy life to dignify them by coming and humbling myself before them."

I aint buyin' it.

More likely it went like this:

(Pffffffffffffffft... 'ere)"Dude, we gotta do something about this."

(thanks) "Yeah."

"We should like, get in a cab and go over to eff and get brad or mike to fix this."

(pffffffffffffffft) *cough* Yeah.

"Ok. cool. when's it due?"

"(pfffffffft)lemme check. hang on... Oh shit. Yesterday."

"Oops. (pfffffffft) Oh wellllll..."