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So basically it's all of TechCrunch's content with none of their ability to make money off it. This'll last long.

_delirium 15y ago
It'd be a sort of interesting legal issue if they got sued. Using the name 'tcfast' might be problematic. But what if it was a more general web-based RSS reader that reformatted any RSS feed into pages like this? If that's illegal, where's the line between that and Google Reader?
- coderdude 15y ago
  Google Reader is used for the private consumption of public RSS feeds but this republishes content.
  - sesh00 15y ago
    OK, what about popurls[1], alltop[2] and the like? 1. http://popurls.com/ http://popurls.com/ 2. http://alltop.com http://alltop.com
    - JoelSutherland 15y ago
      Those don't republish content, they post headlines and links to the original sources.
  - btipling 15y ago
    Right, the private consumption by tens of thousands of Google Reader users. Is it private because they have to login? Like what is the difference? One is a web page with all of Techcrunch's content, and the other is a web page with all of Techcrunc's content. You think I'd go to tcfast.com only when I'm at a bar? Is it because I can read the contents from more than one site?
    - coderdude 15y ago
      Well for one thing, TechCrunch puts out an RSS feed for the purpose of using an RSS reader to see their new content. Yes, both Google Reader and this site are "web pages" (in the sense that it's HTML over port 80) but the differences I think are obvious. For one, Reader is behind a login screen and you only see what you've subsribed to. There aren't any public pages generated from the content and the individual content viewed in Reader can't be linked to or indexed. TCFast.com is basically the exact opposite. They take one site's content and republish it publicly in a way that TC would likely have never approved of. The site has linkable content and the pages are indexable. You can eliminate the indexability but that doesn't take away from the core issue that they are republishing TC content and attempting to divert TC traffic with that content.
pbhjpbhj 15y ago
>all of TechCrunch's content You forgot the illegally duplicated site designs (company livery, possibly trademark infringement, certainly someone would have a poke at passing off, ...).
arn 15y ago
It's also easy to design a site to load fast without ads or widgets. Redesign TC's site to load fast with the same ads and functionality, and I'll be more impressed.
- robryan 15y ago
  Wouldnt be a bad idea for them to have a lite mode, very lightweight with mostly text based ads. Then just don't broadcast it widely, so your startup hacker types that prob won't click on the ads anyway get a more streamlined experience while everyone else who is happy with the regular site sees it as is.
a5seo 15y ago
ahem, you mean AOL's content. there is a cube in Dulles with the light on tonight with a C&D on the monitor.

It'd be a sort of interesting legal issue if they got sued. Using the name 'tcfast' might be problematic. But what if it was a more general web-based RSS reader that reformatted any RSS feed into pages like this? If that's illegal, where's the line between that and Google Reader?

coderdude 15y ago
Google Reader is used for the private consumption of public RSS feeds but this republishes content.
- sesh00 15y ago
  OK, what about popurls[1], alltop[2] and the like? 1. http://popurls.com/ http://popurls.com/ 2. http://alltop.com http://alltop.com
  - JoelSutherland 15y ago
    Those don't republish content, they post headlines and links to the original sources.
- btipling 15y ago
  Right, the private consumption by tens of thousands of Google Reader users. Is it private because they have to login? Like what is the difference? One is a web page with all of Techcrunch's content, and the other is a web page with all of Techcrunc's content. You think I'd go to tcfast.com only when I'm at a bar? Is it because I can read the contents from more than one site?
  - coderdude 15y ago
    Well for one thing, TechCrunch puts out an RSS feed for the purpose of using an RSS reader to see their new content. Yes, both Google Reader and this site are "web pages" (in the sense that it's HTML over port 80) but the differences I think are obvious. For one, Reader is behind a login screen and you only see what you've subsribed to. There aren't any public pages generated from the content and the individual content viewed in Reader can't be linked to or indexed. TCFast.com is basically the exact opposite. They take one site's content and republish it publicly in a way that TC would likely have never approved of. The site has linkable content and the pages are indexable. You can eliminate the indexability but that doesn't take away from the core issue that they are republishing TC content and attempting to divert TC traffic with that content.

pbhjpbhj 15y ago

>all of TechCrunch's content You forgot the illegally duplicated site designs (company livery, possibly trademark infringement, certainly someone would have a poke at passing off, ...).

arn 15y ago

It's also easy to design a site to load fast without ads or widgets. Redesign TC's site to load fast with the same ads and functionality, and I'll be more impressed.

robryan 15y ago
Wouldnt be a bad idea for them to have a lite mode, very lightweight with mostly text based ads. Then just don't broadcast it widely, so your startup hacker types that prob won't click on the ads anyway get a more streamlined experience while everyone else who is happy with the regular site sees it as is.

a5seo 15y ago

ahem, you mean AOL's content. there is a cube in Dulles with the light on tonight with a C&D on the monitor.