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."

Comments

Is it even that important?

[Anonymous Coward]

Its funny that security would be an issue, when the majority of people don't really care anymore. Yes, there is a small portion of the population that wants to attend. And most of that population gets to attend...

The people who can't attend the oscars and WANT to, probably don't have the IQ to understand that they aren't a big deal. And the people who can attend, don't realize that the rest of teh world is mocking them.

Are we making an assumption here?

[Duncan Blackthorne]

Just because Craigslist didn't show up in court doesn't mean that the judgement is worth even $0.02. Granted, it's not the smartest thing you could do, not showing up in court when you're sued, but it doesn't mean that Craigslist couldn't still appeal the decision, right?

Re:Are we making an assumption here?

[Duncan Blackthorne]

*shrug* fair enough, I guess. After all, it wasn't illegal to sell the tickets, it just pissed someone off enough to sue over it.

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

[Exatron]

Explain to me why the man wouldn't have the right to sell those tickets. He owns them, doesn't he?