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Can't be used for analytical purposes... Welp looks like no one should even download or look at it. You could violate the ToS by looking at the data and drawing

by dsaavy 6y ago

Can't be used for analytical purposes... Welp looks like no one should even download or look at it. You could violate the ToS by looking at the data and drawing conclusions!

icelancer 6y ago
Yeah the terms make no sense.
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MattGaiser 6y ago
> Can't be used for analytical purposes > You could violate the ToS by looking at the data and drawing conclusions! What does that say about VCs...
gunshai 6y ago
... whoops df['Some of TOP industries'].value_counts()[:10] Health Care, Biotechnology 129 Medical, Health Care 104 Biotechnology, Health Care 99 Software, Information Technology 90 Health Care, Medical 89 Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology 85 Medical, Biotechnology 81 Medical Device, Health Care 74 Health Care, Medical Device 74 Therapeutics, Biotechnology 73
munchbunny 6y ago
Feels like someone in legal wanted that written in without appreciating that you don’t release datasets just to look pretty. You release datasets so people can look for insights. Or was PR the point?
- odyssey7 6y ago
  The practice of stirring up controversy to get attention, especially in online venues, and viewing it as a positive rather than a negative, is something I learned a lot about from "Trust Me I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator." If this popped up after the Disney tweet made it to the top of Hacker News and went viral on Twitter, then I suspect this was entirely intentional.
- smoe 6y ago
  Looks to me like it is basically a sitemap to their website with some additional info sprinkled in. I'm not really involved much in VC so I don't know how useful and reliable that information is or how hard would be to come by otherwise?
  - gunshai 6y ago
    I had the exact same question. Edit: and judging by the sites robots.txt you could just scrape the information your self and avoid any ToS problems.

by dsaavy 6y ago

Can't be used for analytical purposes... Welp looks like no one should even download or look at it. You could violate the ToS by looking at the data and drawing conclusions!

icelancer 6y ago

Yeah the terms make no sense.

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MattGaiser 6y ago

> Can't be used for analytical purposes > You could violate the ToS by looking at the data and drawing conclusions! What does that say about VCs...

gunshai 6y ago

... whoops df['Some of TOP industries'].value_counts()[:10] Health Care, Biotechnology 129 Medical, Health Care 104 Biotechnology, Health Care 99 Software, Information Technology 90 Health Care, Medical 89 Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology 85 Medical, Biotechnology 81 Medical Device, Health Care 74 Health Care, Medical Device 74 Therapeutics, Biotechnology 73

munchbunny 6y ago

Feels like someone in legal wanted that written in without appreciating that you don’t release datasets just to look pretty. You release datasets so people can look for insights. Or was PR the point?

odyssey7 6y ago
The practice of stirring up controversy to get attention, especially in online venues, and viewing it as a positive rather than a negative, is something I learned a lot about from "Trust Me I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator." If this popped up after the Disney tweet made it to the top of Hacker News and went viral on Twitter, then I suspect this was entirely intentional.
smoe 6y ago
Looks to me like it is basically a sitemap to their website with some additional info sprinkled in. I'm not really involved much in VC so I don't know how useful and reliable that information is or how hard would be to come by otherwise?
- gunshai 6y ago
  I had the exact same question. Edit: and judging by the sites robots.txt you could just scrape the information your self and avoid any ToS problems.