{"id":1628,"slug":"rule-agent-permissioned-redatum-seam-is-exposed","title":"Rule: the agent-permissioned (Redatum) seam survived only an injunction — no court has ruled it lawful. Boards actively terminate feeds. Treat as exposed, build resilience","kind":"rule","scope":"business","status":"current","audiences":["kevin","candid-team"],"topics":["mls-data-licensing","competition-law-canada"],"reference_body":"**Rule.** The \"the data comes from our clients, who are TRREB members\" defence (Redatum) survived an *interlocutory injunction* only — no court has ruled the model lawful on the merits. Boards actively terminate feeds they deem non-compliant. Treat agent-permissioned access as legally exposed and build commercial resilience into any product model relying on it.\n\n**Why.** [[trreb-v-restats-redatum-2021-fc-30-denied-injunction]] — injunction-denied, copyright question left for trial. [[ojohome-v-crea-trreb-2025-feed-terminated]] — boards/CREA actively police feed eligibility (Ojohome cut from ~54,000 to ~11,500 listings).\n\n**How to apply.** If building on agent-permissioned access: (1) document the consent chain explicitly per member; (2) plan a commercial model that survives a board terminating eligibility for some/all of the participating members; (3) get counsel sign-off on the chain before scaling; (4) do not market the model as \"settled\" — it is not.","rationale_body":null,"metadata":null,"links":{"outgoing":[{"slug":"research-brief-mls-data-inside-the-box-ontario-june-2026","title":"Research notes (capture-layer): inside the MLS box — what an Ontario member agent's account exposes, what goes unused, and what they're licensed to do with it (June 2026)","kind":"research-notes","scope":"business","link_type":"depends-on"},{"slug":"trreb-v-restats-redatum-2021-fc-30-denied-injunction","title":"TRREB v. RE Stats Inc. (Redatum) 2021 FC 30 — Federal Court denied TRREB's interlocutory injunction; data \"comes from its clients, which are TRREB members\"; copyright question left for trial","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"depends-on"},{"slug":"ojohome-v-crea-trreb-2025-feed-terminated","title":"Ojohome Canada Ltd. v. CREA / TRREB (2025, Ont. Sup. Ct.) — TRREB terminated IDX access Oct 2024; CREA restricted DDF Dec 2024; site cut from ~54,000 to ~11,500 listings; injunction to restore access denied","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"depends-on"}],"incoming":[{"slug":"research-brief-mls-data-inside-the-box-ontario-june-2026","title":"Research notes (capture-layer): inside the MLS box — what an Ontario member agent's account exposes, what goes unused, and what they're licensed to do with it (June 2026)","kind":"research-notes","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"}]},"created_at":"2026-06-21T10:51:32.886Z","updated_at":"2026-06-21T10:51:32.886Z"}