I think what I'm hearing here is that it would be a good idea to ask a webmaster on the other end if it's OK. Advertising... Roberto, good point I hadn't thought of that. Thanks.
On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 7:46 PM, Roberto Hoyle <rjho...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 10/2/2011 10:23 PM, Nate Hill wrote: > >> A question: what are the 'rules' around screen scraping? >> If one site doesn't offer an RSS feed and you want to grab (for example) >> their weekly top ten list with a script and then redisplay it on another >> site, is that bad form? Or even illegal? >> > > If the site in question depends on advertising, what you are suggesting > would be seriously uncool. > > If you don't get their approval and it's not for personal use, it may be a > copyright violation also. > > r. > -- Nate Hill nathanielh...@gmail.com http://www.natehill.net