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The facts are not copyrightable. http://www.lib.umich.edu/copyright/facts-and-data http://www.lib.umich.edu/copyright/facts-and-data But there's probably a vio
by jydarche 13y ago
The facts are not copyrightable. http://www.lib.umich.edu/copyright/facts-and-data http://www.lib.umich.edu/copyright/facts-and-data
But there's probably a violation of the terms of use, so maybe it's not a good idea to say to everybody that you take the data on the official website.
- pranade 13y agoYeah, it seems the facts are the most important part. I mean the data should be openly available, right? and that lowering the barrier to use by programmers and data scientists should improve the quality of how people interact with and experience the olympics. We're hoping it will help devs build super interesting visualizations and/or apps (that otherwise weren't possible).
- loceng 13y agoIs the fact that facts aren't copyrightable the basis for how you're planning to allow APIs to be created from most sites?
- nandhp 13y agoThe sochi2014.ru terms of use does not prohibit the use of robots/crawlers/scrapers. http://www.sochi2014.com/en/terms-of-use http://www.sochi2014.com/en/terms-of-use
- jydarche 13y agoBut, they prohibit the copy of the content from the website, no matter the way you did it. Point 5.2: "Except as expressly stated on the Website, you are not entitled to copy, publish, download, modify and redistribute the information provided on the Website without the prior written consent of the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee."
- monkeyspaw 13y agoIANAL, but that sounds either like you can't do all of those things together (the "and" conjunction), or you can't even read the website. After all, if you can't download it, you can't view it.