Adult services ads: Some see Craigslist shut down as tactic

Analysts say that by shutting its adult services section, Craigslist may be playing to public opinion while considering its options. -db
The New York Times
September 5, 2010
By Claire Cain Miller
SAN FRANCISCO — Craigslist, by shutting off its “adult services” section and slapping a “censored” label in its place, may be engaging in a high-stakes [...]

Craigslist drops adult services section

Craigslist removed its website sexual ads last week, replacing the link with the word “censored.” -db
San Francisco Chronicle
September 5, 2010
By James Temple
SAN FRANCISCO – After years of mounting public pressure, Craigslist appears to have surrendered in a battle over sexual ads on its website that some viewed as a test case for the boundaries [...]

Craigslist critics run ad charging service provides venue for selling sex with underage girls

Human rights advocates claimed that Craigslist  is the choice for selling sex with underage girls and in a newspaper ad called for the company to close down its adult services section that generated $36 million last year. -db

San Francisco Chronicle
May 20, 2010
By Benny Evangelista

Critics of Craigslist’s adult advertisements have taken their battle to the site’s [...]

Online free speech: Damages a possibility in Universal Musics takedown of dancing baby

A federal judge ruled that a mother could get compensation from Universal Music for forcing YouTube to remove a 29-second video of her toddler son dancing to a Prince song. -db

The Recorder
March 1, 2010
By Zusha Elinson

Universal Music might have to pay for pulling video of a dancing baby off YouTube.
U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel ruled [...]