I (Joe the public) would second the notion that working web pages and/or URL interfaces that are merely parts of a web page, that they themselves do not constitute a publicly published API and this is why I specifically asked for a link to anything that indicates that it is available and/or allowed. However, the original poster took a cute way out by asking me to prove that it is forbidden - to which I would like to respond that it is *not* explicitly forbidden any more than any other type of "page scraping" - most of which are at least against the spirit of copyrights that are held by site owners.
On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 4:40 PM, DeWitt Clinton <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't believe we offer TTS as a service, but I'll ask around. > Generally speaking, when we have a public API we both document the API on > code.google.com and provide explicit Terms by which the API may be used. > For example, the Google Translate API Terms: > http://code.google.com/apis/language/translate/terms.html > If you don't see developer documentation for a product, and you don't see > developer Terms, then you're likely looking at a consumer-facing product. > Consumer products (and all developer products, too) are all covered under > our general Google Terms of Service: > http://www.google.com/accounts/TOS > Of course, many of our consumer facing web-based products are built using > plenty of Ajax (no surprises there), and as such provide private endpoints > to make the products work. However, unless those endpoints are publicly > documented and explicitly covered under developer-facing Terms, they're > designed for internal usage only, will likely change or break over time, and > thus shouldn't be accessed by external developers. Section 5.3 of the > Google ToS (linked above) may also be of particular interest here. > That said, we're always building new APIs, and love to hear your ideas for > new ones. I'll be sure to pass along the request for a TTS API, for > example. > And as to why we're quiet sometimes when people ask specific questions about > the ToS, we're actually not allowed to comment much on interpretations of > the Terms, much as we might want to help. The worst thing we can do for you > (according to our lawyers, and I believe them) is give conflicting or > confusing advice to you (we're not lawyers, after all, and we're definitely > not your lawyer). So for the most part we do what Jeremy does and suggest > you talk to your own counsel if you have any doubts. > We can, however, talk about the APIs in general and point people to the > right places for more information, so please don't hesitate to ask. The > worst thing that happens is that we can't answer specifically, but at least > the question is out there. > -DeWitt > > On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 12:03 PM, Zdravko Gligic <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> As far as I am concerned, I would gladly pay GOOG a flat $25 fee to >> spend 5-10 minutes looking at each of my apps / uses cases - within 5 >> business days of me submitting a Google Checkout payment. >> >> I (the little guy) would gladly pay GOOG (the giant) to cover its >> costs of protecting its own interests, while at the same time freely >> building up its own business. I would gladly pay because what is now >> is baddly ineffective. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Google AJAX APIs" group. >> To post to this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/google-ajax-search-api?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google AJAX APIs" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-ajax-search-api?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google AJAX APIs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-ajax-search-api?hl=en.
