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US: Craigslist settles antitrust suit

By  |  June 29, 2015
US: Craigslist settles antitrust suit

A week after Craigslist finally got its emancipation from eBay, some closure on another long-standing legal battle for the listings site: the local listings giant has now finally reached a settlement with big data company 3taps over claims that 3taps and companies using its data were scraping and stealing Craigslist IP, and counterclaims from 3taps that Craigslist was violating antitrust laws.

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    In the settlement, 3tapswill pay Craigslist $1 million, and Craigslist has pledged to donate the full amount to the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

    “Although 3taps lacks the resources to continue the fight, this settlement provides much needed resources to the EFF, as there is still much to be done on the issues raised in this case,” reads a statement from 3taps.

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