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The other moat is that Google will blacklist you if you try to scrap public domain information like operating hours from google maps.
by la_barba 7y ago
The other moat is that Google will blacklist you if you try to scrap public domain information like operating hours from google maps.
- gloflo 7y agoAnd with good reason. While singletons of those are indeed trivial and not protected, once collected into a huge database, that database earns protection.
- la_barba 7y agoI don't agree. There should be no copyright claim or other legal protection status possible on public domain information. That is not the same as saying Google should be forced to hand it over. I'm talking about crawling their website.