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They do have RSS feeds, which are pretty good already. I'm not sure why PadMapper can't use them. (Legal maybe?)
by rorrr 14y ago
They do have RSS feeds, which are pretty good already. I'm not sure why PadMapper can't use them. (Legal maybe?)
- k-mcgrady 14y agoThere are probably conditions on the use of the feeds. I notice that on a lot of the big sports websites they bring you to a page showing conditions of use before they will let you see the RSS feeds. Could be the same thing here.
- derpmeister 14y agoIf you don't sign the conditions, they aren't legally binding. If you don't want people to use your RSS feed, don't publish your RSS feed.
- canttestthis 14y agoSign = physically sign? Isn't hitting "I accept" legally binding?
- rorrr 14y agoNo such thing on Craigslist. You can go straight to the RSS feed.
- josephlord 14y agoYes you are not bound by the conditions but the contents could be assumed to be copyright protected. Unless you are sure that copyright doesn't apply (or is owned by the advertisers rather than craigslist) I don't think that you could assume you had a right to distribute the information. EDIT: Note that I'm talking about using the RSS feed by some significant transformation rather than presenting fairly directly as written for which there may be a implied license by issuing in a syndication format. Even just embedding in a webpage I would be careful about personally.
- tumblen 14y agoPerhaps reading the RSS feed doesn't give them permission to reuse and republish the feeds information. PadMapper didn't seem to have trouble getting the data, the problem was that CraigsList filed a cease & desist.