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Interesting. So, 1. the text files have long been publicly available, since before the acquisition and 2. it was not a commercial project prior to acquistion
by 10101010101 15y ago
Interesting.
So,
1. the text files have long been publicly available, since before the acquisition and
2. it was not a commercial project prior to acquistion.
Who wrote the non-commercial license? Was that also written before the acquisition?
- ig1 15y agoWikipedia has the history of imdb: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Movie_Database http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Movie_Database
- 10101010101 15y agoUser-generated content. Make a list of factual information. Accept submissions from users. Watch it grow. Then partner with a large company to sell products. And sell licenses to the data for $15K/year. (Give the top contributers a "free" membership to something to keep them from suing you.) Yeah, that could work. Movie information, restaurant reviews, video clips, you name it. The miracle of user-generated content.