Reference entries (31)
- research-notes Gaps: MLS-data inside-the-box brief (June 2026) — public-data register not located; counsel items
- reference Caveats: MLS-data inside-the-box brief (June 2026) — untested clauses, self-reported metrics, contested copyright status
- reference CREA Privacy Code (in place since 2001) — 10 PIPEDA principles; brokerages must obtain seller/buyer consent for board collection/use/disclosure and produce proof on request
- reference 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
- reference IMS v. TRREB (2023 FCA 70) — FCA allowed TRREB's copyright claims to proceed; prior 2017 obiter did NOT finally decide originality of *this* (different/updated) MLS work; **copyright is live again, not settled**
- reference 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
- reference TREB v. Mongohouse (2019) — permanent injunction; scraping MLS by circumventing TPMs is unlawful (Copyright Act s.41 + AUA + third-party licence breaches)
- reference FCA 2017 (2017 FCA 236) — in *obiter*, endorsed Tribunal's conclusion that the TREB MLS compilation lacked the originality (skill/judgment/labour) for copyright; TREB "had not put forward persuasive evidence"
- reference TREB case dealt with VOW (password-protected) publication — did NOT mandate fully public, non-password-protected publication
- reference TREB VOW restrictions held to be abuse of dominance under Competition Act s.79 (2016 Tribunal redetermination); order requires TREB to stop restricting members' access/use of historical+sale-price data on VOWs
- reference Commissioner of Competition v. Toronto Real Estate Board (2011-2018) — full 7-year timeline; SCC denied TREB's final leave Aug 23 2018
- reference TREB deploys anti-scraping services, firewalls, IDS, and **encrypted token authentication** as Technological Protection Measures (TPMs)
- reference PropTx AUA s.7(c) — express prohibition: no decompile / reverse-engineer / disable / modify / **analyze** / create derivative works of software, MLS Database, BRS Database; s.4 ties to REBBA/TRESA
- reference AVP (Affiliated VOW Partner) — rights are *derivative* of the member's and scoped to operating that member's VOW (PropTx Rules Art. 8; NAR VOW; CVR MLS)
- reference VOW Terms of Use — registrant must acknowledge relationship + bona fide interest + personal non-commercial use + MLS ownership/copyright; no redistribution/sublicense (PropTx Rules, primary)
- reference Seller opt-outs propagate — opting a listing out of VOW forces opt-out of IDX/aggregators too; sellers can disable AVMs and blogging
- reference IDX control test — if a third-party aggregation site controls the overall display, the listing fails the test and IDX's built-in consent disappears
- reference MLS data is personal information in the agent's hands; the Authorized User Agreement is a confidentiality agreement (PropTx Rules definitions)
- reference Even where MLS prohibits *displaying* sold/expired/withdrawn/pending data, broker-selected comparables for a CMA are permitted ("both on a VOW and in the office")
- reference CREA — owns MLS®/REALTOR®/Multiple Listing Service® registered trademarks; licences member boards; runs REALTOR.ca + DDF; sets national By-Laws, Rules, REALTOR® Code, Three Pillars of the MLS® Mark
- reference ITSO (Information Technology Systems Ontario) — not-for-profit, established 2020, Matrix™ on CoreLogic/Cotality; Super Subscribers vs Standard Subscribers tiers
- reference PropTx MLS Rules — operative version effective Dec 2 2024 (primary PDF)
- reference Back-office feed — deepest tier, powers CRM / listing / document management; must not be public; requires broker consent
- reference VOW (Virtual Office Website) — password-protected, requires established broker-consumer relationship, carries the deeper historical/sold/off-market layer
- reference IDX (Internet Data Exchange) — NAR-governed reciprocity *policy* (not a feed), active listings + pending/sold per local option, public display no login
- reference CREA Data Distribution Facility (DDF®) — created 2012, opt-in via REALTOR Link®; multiple channels; feeds are consumer-grade (REALTOR.ca-level), NOT the deep layer
- reference RESO provides NO data — only standards; data requests go to local MLSs
- reference RESO Web API — REST/JSON on OData v4, OAuth, calls MLS directly (no local DB duplication); NAR requires REALTOR-association MLSs to provide production-level Web API access
- reference NAR VOW policy — minimum of 3 years of sold data required in IDX/VOW feeds
- reference RESO RETS deprecated June 2018; DD 2.0 ratified Oct 23 2023, effective April 15 2024; NAR-affiliated MLS one-year certification (industry-reported ~April 2025)
- research-notes 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)
