Jim Buckmaster, senior business Craigslist for classified ad, seeking an apology from the Attorney General of South Carolina, who threatened to sue because of sex ads on the Craigslist Web site.

In a Monday blog entry, Buckmaster said that Henry McMaster threats of criminal investigation and prosecution of potential “and without warranty were also unconstitutional.

McMaster, who considers a possible run for governor in South Carolina, made his threats against the founder Craig Newmark and Buckmaster of Craigslist, and other employees of the San Francisco-based business. He said in a letter to Craigslist prostitution as consisting of advertisements was illegal.

The threat followed complaints from several other state attorneys general about the “erotic services” of Craigslist, where ads for “sensual massage” and other expressions of code for sex have been reported. Much attention has been focused on craigslist after a murder in the Boston area in which prosecutors say the alleged killer found his victim through an advertisement for sex on the site.

Last week, Craigslist has eliminated the category of “erotic services” and replaced by a more tightly controlled section of “adult services”, after pressure from Connecticut and other states. No ads can be reported in this category until they have been verified by a person, the company said.

But craigslist felt it unfairly selected for this issue, since – and far more graphic – similar ads are reported in newspapers and on other sites and were held for decades.

“A lot of companies before, including AT & T, Microsoft and the Media Village Voice, not counting newspapers and other lines of South Carolina, have ads for more` adult services that Craigslist is a part of a very graphic, “Buckmaster wrote.

Buckmaster asked in his post if McMaster plans to pursue all these other companies.

He added: “We would very much appreciate an apology for your earlier convenience.”

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