Re: Here's the plan

On Nov 29, 6:22 am, Tim Powys-Lybbe <t...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> In message of 29 Nov, Bhogg...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
>
> > Mr. Alciere:
>
> > Please explain your method of taking copyrighted information without
> > permission from other websites.
>
> I am reasonably sure that in most countries data is not copywrightable,
> only the method of presentation is.
>
> In any case the must more serious problem with this sort of data is its
> veracity: what information is given about the reproducible sources of
> the data?  The average website has no such information, so is worthless.
>
> --
> Tim Powys-Lybbe                                          t...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>              For a miscellany of bygones:http://powys.org/


I beg to differ.  The presentation on the web is the coyrightable
component.  Scraping web sites and not producing it from your own
sources is a violation and often times the reason that many
researchers stop providing information.