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Why bother with the code? The value is with the existing links database, and since it belongs to the users, Yahoo shouldn't have the right to sell or distribute

Why bother with the code? The value is with the existing links database, and since it belongs to the users, Yahoo shouldn't have the right to sell or distribute it freely. Since users can already import/export their bookmarks, the only support Yahoo needs to provide is keeping the import API open for a little longer after the site is shut down. Of course this assumes that users would want to migrate their data to a replacement service.

bravura 16y ago
Of course this assumes that users would want to migrate their data to a replacement service. Or, for that matter, that users would share their tags with researchers who build on social tagging data: http://groups.google.com/group/get-theinfo/browse_thread/thread/52b5c35edcc2dafe http://groups.google.com/group/get-theinfo/browse_thread/thr... Here is a (scraped?) delicious data set, for those who are interested: http://arvindn.livejournal.com/116137.html http://arvindn.livejournal.com/116137.html
- phlux 16y ago
  Why would one want 10-days of bookmarks from 1.5 years ago?
  - simonw 16y ago
    Because they wanted to research how people's bookmarking activity corresponded to new information emerging concerning the 2009 flu pandemic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_flu_pandemic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_flu_pandemic
coderdude 16y ago
Unless I am mistaken here (as far as copyright goes, if that's what you're talking about) the only data Delicious' users can claim any right to is the short descriptions they are able to add to each bookmark. The mere fact that they liked that page is data that can be freely distributed.
- encoderer 16y ago
  Nah, the tags themselves is what he was getting at. Not saying I agree or disagree with him, but that's the value.
  - coderdude 16y ago
    I actually forgot that Delicious was all about tags. It's been a long time since I visited the site.
- metageek 16y ago
  The individual links can't be copyrighted, but a person's collection of links probably can. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_copyright_law#Compilations_and_the_sweat_of_the_brow_doctrine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_copyright_law#Com...

bravura 16y ago

Of course this assumes that users would want to migrate their data to a replacement service. Or, for that matter, that users would share their tags with researchers who build on social tagging data: http://groups.google.com/group/get-theinfo/browse_thread/thread/52b5c35edcc2dafe http://groups.google.com/group/get-theinfo/browse_thread/thr... Here is a (scraped?) delicious data set, for those who are interested: http://arvindn.livejournal.com/116137.html http://arvindn.livejournal.com/116137.html

phlux 16y ago
Why would one want 10-days of bookmarks from 1.5 years ago?
- simonw 16y ago
  Because they wanted to research how people's bookmarking activity corresponded to new information emerging concerning the 2009 flu pandemic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_flu_pandemic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_flu_pandemic

coderdude 16y ago

Unless I am mistaken here (as far as copyright goes, if that's what you're talking about) the only data Delicious' users can claim any right to is the short descriptions they are able to add to each bookmark. The mere fact that they liked that page is data that can be freely distributed.

encoderer 16y ago
Nah, the tags themselves is what he was getting at. Not saying I agree or disagree with him, but that's the value.
- coderdude 16y ago
  I actually forgot that Delicious was all about tags. It's been a long time since I visited the site.
metageek 16y ago
The individual links can't be copyrighted, but a person's collection of links probably can. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_copyright_law#Compilations_and_the_sweat_of_the_brow_doctrine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_copyright_law#Com...