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An anonymous whistleblower has sent attorneys for Move, Inc a letter containing detailed accusations of data-theft by Zillow, which include “scraping” listing-data from the Realtor.com website, developing “data-quality” software that works by scraping the Realtor.com site even further, and then the outright theft of MLS contact, listing and other databases from Move, Inc. The letter also claims that incoming CEO Errol Samuelson worked while under court injuction – and provides a level of detail presumed to be
Andrea Bramblia from Inman News broke this story on April 10th in “Whistleblower alleges Zillow is stealing listing data from agent websites“, and today we’re discussing what this means for the industry, for Zillow, and for your real estate business!
