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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
by 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 agoIt'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 agoI 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 agoYep, 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.