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Just a quiet reminder for anyone wanting to use this Please refer to the copyright/license information listed in each file for instructions on allowed usage. T

Just a quiet reminder for anyone wanting to use this Please refer to the copyright/license information listed in each file for instructions on allowed usage. The data is NOT FREE although it may be used for free in specific circumstances. http://www.imdb.com/help/show_article?conditions http://www.imdb.com/help/show_article?conditions which links to http://www.imdb.com/licensing/ http://www.imdb.com/licensing/ and Minimum Price: We offer data licensing packages that are customized to meet your needs with annual fees ranging from $15,000 to higher depending on the audience for the data and which data are being licensed. We are not able to offer any sort of data license for less than $15,000.

nikcub 16y ago
that really sucks considering that contributors on the net built most of imdb. they didn't have anything like a cc license for user contributions back then
- delinka 16y ago
  It's this kind of crowdsourcing that I dislike. Mine the efforts of the people and keep the information to yourself. I'm mainly disappointed that because of this limited access, I can't have a better experience browsing the data on the web or in a mobile app. As it stands, both their site and the iOS app are slow, and the iOS app navigation just stinks.
- michaelcampbell 16y ago
  I believe the CDDB/Gracenote issue was exactly this; cddb built a massive database of cd's from user input, sold out to another company, which promptly closed it up and made it commercial. My memory may be wrong here, however.
  - ra 16y ago
    Yep, that's pretty much what happened. Only IMDB is now owned by Amazon. You would have hoped that they would be a little more community spirited with the data given it's origins.
notyourwork 16y ago
http://www.themoviedb.org/ http://www.themoviedb.org/ is a imdb clone but free and open/run by the community. xbmc uses it for movie lookups if you wish.
- hitechsites 16y ago
  Just checked themoviedb.org - but it does not seem like it has a lot of data. How many movies does it have and is it comparable to imdb in size?
  - pyre 16y ago
    No. I always point XBMC at IMDB. tmdb doesn't have nearly the breadth or depth of IMDB.
  - yousuffauzan 16y ago
    Around 30k titles compared to IMDB 1.5+ mil.
  - notyourwork 16y ago
    Although someone already commented and I am late to the party on this one I have yet to see xbmc using tmdb not find a movie I was watching. Sure IMDB can be considered more "complete" but tmdb certainly has popular mainstream titles.
- zalew 16y ago
  I've recently started developing a django app for syncing with tmdb's data https://bitbucket.org/zalew/django-tmdb/wiki/Home https://bitbucket.org/zalew/django-tmdb/wiki/Home just released the first commands and everything is in early dev, but it works.
  - baddox 16y ago
    I actually built a movie watchlist and todo list for myself using Django and tmdb. It's live, and the code's on github. http://movies.tshaddox.com/ http://movies.tshaddox.com/ https://github.com/baddox/watchlist2 https://github.com/baddox/watchlist2 edit: The code's probably not very "pluggable" or "reusable," since that wasn't a design goal :). It's hopefully readable. Feel free to recommend a film (just search for it on the right sidebar).
antimatter15 16y ago
I'm assuming most of the non-review/summary data is just fact. Presentation is copyrightable, but I don't think simple facts can be copyrighted that way.
- jeza 16y ago
  In Australia at least, compilation of data is copyrightable, even where the individual sources may not be. Databases which you could argue are just fact but still restricted by copyright include telephone directories (Whitepages) and public transport timetabling information (which our state government controls rather tightly and won't even release to Google Transit).
  - pyre 16y ago
    Don't worry. Google will cave eventually, then everyone will be praising the bureaucrats that stuck to their guns to get a windfall licensing deal out of Google!
    - jeza 16y ago
      The point is that the data should be available to the public under a license such as Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 (used for other government data). Governments aren't about making a profit and I doubt Google will pay a cent for this data anyway when other governments are giving it to them for free.
      - pyre 16y ago
        Read my post as high sarcasm...
  - andrewf 16y ago
    Just an extra data point: public transit timetables for Western Australia's capital, Perth, are provided to Google, and any member of the public can download the same data from a website. Conditions attached but no questions asked. http://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/TimetablesMaps/SpatialDataAccess.aspx http://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/TimetablesMaps/SpatialDataAc...

nikcub 16y ago

that really sucks considering that contributors on the net built most of imdb. they didn't have anything like a cc license for user contributions back then

delinka 16y ago
It's this kind of crowdsourcing that I dislike. Mine the efforts of the people and keep the information to yourself. I'm mainly disappointed that because of this limited access, I can't have a better experience browsing the data on the web or in a mobile app. As it stands, both their site and the iOS app are slow, and the iOS app navigation just stinks.
michaelcampbell 16y ago
I believe the CDDB/Gracenote issue was exactly this; cddb built a massive database of cd's from user input, sold out to another company, which promptly closed it up and made it commercial. My memory may be wrong here, however.
- ra 16y ago
  Yep, that's pretty much what happened. Only IMDB is now owned by Amazon. You would have hoped that they would be a little more community spirited with the data given it's origins.

notyourwork 16y ago

http://www.themoviedb.org/ http://www.themoviedb.org/ is a imdb clone but free and open/run by the community. xbmc uses it for movie lookups if you wish.

hitechsites 16y ago
Just checked themoviedb.org - but it does not seem like it has a lot of data. How many movies does it have and is it comparable to imdb in size?
- pyre 16y ago
  No. I always point XBMC at IMDB. tmdb doesn't have nearly the breadth or depth of IMDB.
- yousuffauzan 16y ago
  Around 30k titles compared to IMDB 1.5+ mil.
- notyourwork 16y ago
  Although someone already commented and I am late to the party on this one I have yet to see xbmc using tmdb not find a movie I was watching. Sure IMDB can be considered more "complete" but tmdb certainly has popular mainstream titles.
zalew 16y ago
I've recently started developing a django app for syncing with tmdb's data https://bitbucket.org/zalew/django-tmdb/wiki/Home https://bitbucket.org/zalew/django-tmdb/wiki/Home just released the first commands and everything is in early dev, but it works.
- baddox 16y ago
  I actually built a movie watchlist and todo list for myself using Django and tmdb. It's live, and the code's on github. http://movies.tshaddox.com/ http://movies.tshaddox.com/ https://github.com/baddox/watchlist2 https://github.com/baddox/watchlist2 edit: The code's probably not very "pluggable" or "reusable," since that wasn't a design goal :). It's hopefully readable. Feel free to recommend a film (just search for it on the right sidebar).

antimatter15 16y ago

I'm assuming most of the non-review/summary data is just fact. Presentation is copyrightable, but I don't think simple facts can be copyrighted that way.

jeza 16y ago
In Australia at least, compilation of data is copyrightable, even where the individual sources may not be. Databases which you could argue are just fact but still restricted by copyright include telephone directories (Whitepages) and public transport timetabling information (which our state government controls rather tightly and won't even release to Google Transit).
- pyre 16y ago
  Don't worry. Google will cave eventually, then everyone will be praising the bureaucrats that stuck to their guns to get a windfall licensing deal out of Google!
  - jeza 16y ago
    The point is that the data should be available to the public under a license such as Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 (used for other government data). Governments aren't about making a profit and I doubt Google will pay a cent for this data anyway when other governments are giving it to them for free.
    - pyre 16y ago
      Read my post as high sarcasm...
- andrewf 16y ago
  Just an extra data point: public transit timetables for Western Australia's capital, Perth, are provided to Google, and any member of the public can download the same data from a website. Conditions attached but no questions asked. http://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/TimetablesMaps/SpatialDataAccess.aspx http://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/TimetablesMaps/SpatialDataAc...