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eli on June 23, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Bye Bye Craigslist

So if they add a Disallow line for PadMapper to robots.txt instead of sending a C&D, how does that change the situation in any meaningful way?

ericd on June 23, 2012 [–]

Sure, it's effectively the same in result, without the legal threat backing it up.

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