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I would submit that just because it's 'big Google' who is doing the mash-up doesn't make it MORE ethical, either. Mash-ups are ethical only as long as they pro
by robotrout 17y ago
I would submit that just because it's 'big Google' who is doing the mash-up doesn't make it MORE ethical, either.
Mash-ups are ethical only as long as they provide more money in the pockets of the people you are stealing content from. If they do that, fine. If they aren't, your mash-ups are not ethical, and neither are Google's..
- swombat 17y agoNo, you're missing my point completely. I'm saying that it doesn't matter whether or not you line the pockets of the people who produced and published the initial data on the web. If it's published on the web on a public site, it is available for anyone to use. Particularly when it's factual data, rather than, say, an article. You might recall that the copyright acts do not protect factual data.
- robotrout 17y agoSure. That's true. Copyright doesn't protect factual data. But there is what's legal, and there is what's ethical. If I traveled around the country, measuring the heights of roller coasters for my website rollercoasterheights.com, I did it to get people to come to my site. If that information is harvested from my site and displayed elsewhere, I've done a lot of work for nothing.
- swolchok 17y agoPerhaps next time you'll think harder about the likely reward for your work.