Re: XML::RSS scraping of web pages

2004-10-26 Thread Dougal Campbell
Gary Nielson wrote: I'm sorry. I wasn't precise enough. I meant that this corporation didn't offer news feeds in RSS format of their own news articles from their websites. They said their technology department had not yet implemented it in their set of Java tools and that it might be a while, given

RE: XML::RSS scraping of web pages

2004-10-24 Thread Gary Nielson
." I don't understand why. What are the technical downsides to using Perl's RSS tools? Gary -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Terris Linenbach Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 8:35 PM To: Gary Nielson Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subj

Re: XML::RSS scraping of web pages

2004-10-23 Thread Terris Linenbach
RSS feeds that are based on scraping are likely illegal from a copyright perspective. The problem with RSS is that it allows for actual content that can be read for the most part without visiting the originating site and viewing advertisements that are the basis for a revenue model. This violates