Website scraping - legal or not?

[SimonMac]

And why should it be removed? Would you be happy if IP was scraped from your website?

I merely suggested the removal of the links to his actual name, he is going to take a beating on this from the likes of CUK, but doesn't have to spread further than this fro a crime so long ago

[AtW]

Are there laws / rules that would prevent a public website to scrape 3rd party websites and reformat the data for displaying as results but providing hot links to the original?

Very complex topic.

IANAL but database rights might be key in this one, copyright certainly should be checked - generally speaking if you take somebody's copyrighted work and republish it with minor changes (reformatting) then you might be breaking their copyright, but there are exemptions that may or may not suit your circumstances, not least depending on whether you are trying to make a business out of it (make money) or just hobby thing, some public interest.

[SimonMac]

Very complex topic.

IANAL but database rights might be key in this one, copyright certainly should be checked - generally speaking if you take somebody's copyrighted work and republish it with minor changes (reformatting) then you might be breaking their copyright, but there are exemptions that may or may not suit your circumstances, not least depending on whether you are trying to make a business out of it (make money) or just hobby thing, some public interest.

Back to the original question, this might shed some light on the issue

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...-fees-internet

[MrMarkyMark]

From the last paragraph



Who does that sound like then

Well, we can rule Suity out

[cojak]

I've removed the link, but you can find it if you search for it...

[mudskipper]

IMO, whilst it is no doubt good for a bit of amusement/sport, it was a very long time ago, and people should be judged on how they are today, not stuff they did over a decade ago.

But then I am a liberal leftie.

[MrMarkyMark]

IMO, whilst it is no doubt good for a bit of amusement/sport, it was a very long time ago, and people should be judged on how they are today, not stuff they did over a decade ago.

But then I am a liberal leftie.

I'm not, but I fully agree

[northernladuk]

IMO, whilst it is no doubt good for a bit of amusement/sport, it was a very long time ago, and people should be judged on how they are today, not stuff they did over a decade ago.

But then I am a liberal leftie.

I'm still buggered then

[mudskipper]

I'm still buggered then

I thought it would be unkind to point that out!

[MrMarkyMark]

I'm still buggered then

We were going to put it down to youthful indescretion.....

Always a bugger when you got caught