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If linking without permission is problematic, Hacker News is in real trouble. So is just about every blog and news site on the web.
by cwp 14y ago
If linking without permission is problematic, Hacker News is in real trouble. So is just about every blog and news site on the web.
- danielweber 14y agoRight. I've already agreed that there is a significant difference between displaying copies of CL listings and just having pointers to them. It doesn't seem, however, that the link is the crux of CL's complaint. Rather it's the fact that PM has copied CL's data in order to generate a mapping of physical locations to CL listings.
- cwp 14y agoYou can't copyright data, only its expression. That a certain apartment is available for rent is a fact. The text that appears on the CL website is one expression of that fact. The map that appears on Padmapper is another expression of the same fact.