Archive of UserLand's first discussion group, started October 5, 1998.

Re: Who owns what parts of your webpage?

Author:David Carter-Tod
Posted:9/2/1999; 9:32:46 AM
Topic:Who owns what parts of your webpage?
Msg #:10466 (In response to 10459)
Prev/Next:10465 / 10467

The portion of the content scrapped probably affects the legality of scraping.

Exactly. A scraper grabs 100% of the headlines from a single source, i.e. a significant chunk of content. For that reason it is a probable violation of fair use.

In contrast a web log, link or search engine shows a single headline (a fractional percentage) from a source, i.e. not a significant chunk of content.

Further, to scrape a web log is a violation, because the web log itself is an original work and the scraper is grabbing 100% of the web logger's original work.

As Jeremy B. says, of course, with permission it's fine.

David




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