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I see some very interesting comments on this thread. I remember not long ago lots of people where upset that people where scraping stackoverflow and getting a h
by IanMechura 14y ago
I see some very interesting comments on this thread. I remember not long ago lots of people where upset that people where scraping stackoverflow and getting a higher ranking in google results. This was a threat to S/O's business model model and it made lots of people on this board uneasy.
How is Pad mapper any different? How does the fact that this site has a better UI design somehow give them a pass to use data a company has spent millions of dollars gathering and feels is being used in a way that is a threat to their business model?
- delackner 14y agoSpent millions gathering? Two basic problems with that mindset. First, spending money to assemble a database of public facts does not magically give you a right to protect your investment in an uncopyrightable asset. Second, I don't know what millions you are talking about since craiglist's only asset is the users, and the users are just a result of tremendous network effects. They had a great idea and got very lucky, but gathering their massive userbase had nothing to do with spending money.
- delackner 14y agoCould someone explain what they disagree with? Do you disagree that databases of public facts are not copyrightable? With the idea that craigslist's investment in their system is irrelevant compared to the value of their userbase? With the idea that craigslist's main success is just being lucky?
- base698 14y agoWhy would you even need to scrape it? It's available as a torrent: http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/06/stack-overflow-creative-commons-data-dump/ http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/06/stack-overflow-creativ...