[Gllug] extracting data from specific sites

[John G Walker]

On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 12:20:45 +0000 "- Tethys" <tethys at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Dec 17, 2007 11:33 AM, Progga <proggaprogga at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > 0. Read the terms & conditions of the website.  If it prohibits
> > screen scraping, you are out of luck.  
> 
> I'm doubtful about the legality of that. If they're placing the
> information in a place that's accessible to the public, for the
> express purpose of give access to that information, then I would have
> thought that they don't really have grounds to complain when people
> access that information, regardless of the method they use to do so.
> What's the difference between a screen scraper and a web browser?

IANAL also, but the difference would seem to me to be that the output
from a screen scraper is used to re-publish the data on a web page.
There are therefore copyright issues. In fact, I'm not sure that that
the law would support a defence of "it didn't say I couldn't".

My advice is, like others, if you don't have written permission,
consult a lawyer. If you do have written permission, use a feed, not a
scraper,

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 All the best,
 John
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