Posting on Property Shark

Thanks to those who provided constructive advice. To those who are so curious about why this question was posed, I would like to remind you that the purpose of making title transfers public is to allow for verifiable interests in property not to satisfy your particular curiosities or to provide comps for buyers (as useful as they may be). If you are so interested in other people's lawful private information then you should walk down to the municipal courthouse and verify recorded deeds and share prices to your heart's delight. There is no benefit to property owners to have their private information publicized--i.e., advertised-- versus made publicly accessible, and as such, websites like Property Shark should be limited to providing information about the building and the surrounding neighborhood absent permission to post information considered private to some. Just because it is obligatory to make something public doesn't mean that a private company should be allowed to profit by making the public information more accessible. While this principle may not hold true for information that is in the interest of public welfare and reasonably related to a substantial government purpose, the public has no protected substantive right to know this information per se.

Posted by: lewislee at May 1, 2008 9:01 PM in response to Posting on Property Shark