Craigslist has filed a lawsuit against apartment-searching web app PadMapper and its data provider, 3Taps, over allegations of copyright infringement, breach of contract, and several other charges.

Greg Kidd wants to loosen Craigslist's tight grip over content - stuff like "2008 Ford Focus SE - $12,588 (San Jose downtown)" - that's readily available via Google. "If Craigslist wants to be a ...

Earlier today, the data provider 3taps (which provides the API that PadMapper uses to get listings onto that snazzy Google Map) tweeted: At about noon on Aug 6, it seems CL may have instructed all ...

Craigslist has won the first round in its federal lawsuit against PadMapper and two other companies, which extracted and used real estate listings from the world's most popular classifieds site.

Apartment and house hunting can be a real joy, especially if you have a variety of online tools at your disposal. Still, the big kahuna when it comes to searching for your new home remains to be ...

A judge ordered that Craigslist cannot sue PadMapper and 3Taps for using its data under copyright protections, but the two companies — an apartment listings site and its data collector — still face ...

Despite receiving a cease and desist letter from Craigslist, Padmapper founder Eric DeMenthon has just announced plans to bring back apartment listings from the classifieds site using a third party ...

Late last month, Craigslist dealt a big blow to apartment search website PadMapper, sending creator Eric DeMenthon a cease-and-desist letter demanding that he take down any Craigslist postings on his ...

Craigslist has taken further steps toward locking down its listings by reportedly removing its content from major search engines to prevent it from being scraped and repackaged by third-party services ...

[ Updated 10:26 PM with a comment from DeMenthon ] Popular online classifieds service Craigslist has blocked apartment-finding site PadMapper. PadMapper Chief executive Eric DeMenthon said today on ...

Following-up on its cease-and-desist letter sent last month, Craigslist has now filed a lawsuit alleging copyright infringement against PadMapper, a website that plots Craigslist apartment listings on ...

Earlier today, news broke that Craigslist has taken legal action against PadMapper and Craigslist API creator 3Taps — after an ongoing disagreement over the scraping of Craigslist data to use in a ...