Bhoggatt@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> 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.
For one thing the OP wasn't about scraping websites, it was about
uploading of original transcripts.
And for another, anyone who wants to publish but not have what he
published used by others needs to ask himself why he published in the
first place. For goodness' sake - SHARE information, don't hoard it!!!!
--
Ian
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