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This post is confusing both because I do not speak French and because the caffeine hasn't kicked in yet, so I read that as LeBron Coin. Which doesn't seem all t

This post is confusing both because I do not speak French and because the caffeine hasn't kicked in yet, so I read that as LeBron Coin. Which doesn't seem all that bad for a gimmicky crypto currency, honestly.

jfoucher 13y ago
So there's this website that's the 7th in france according to Alexa (http://www.alexa.com/topsites/countries/FR http://www.alexa.com/topsites/countries/FR) It's the craigslist of france. They don't have email alerts so I built a web app that does just that. Then they noticed the traffic from my server (I guess) and blocked my IP from scraping their site, making the app basically useless, so I just forgot about it. Now they are telling that I'm using their trademark in a way that can make users confuse my service with theirs, that according to their TOS I can't event link to their website without authorization (am I even bound by their TOS if I don't use their website?) and so on and so forth. It was just a side project for me, so I don't mind dropping it. The source code is on Github though if anyone is interested (https://github.com/jfoucher/lebonmail https://github.com/jfoucher/lebonmail)
- ekianjo 13y ago
  Use proxies.
  - alistairjcbrown 13y ago
    That's a bad idea - doing that shows intent to circumvent an intended block. See the last notable case "Craigslist v. 3Taps": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Fraud_and_Abuse_Act#Notable_cases_and_decisions_referring_to_the_Act http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Fraud_and_Abuse_Act#No...
    - wukerplank 13y ago
      I'm not sure if this is applicable to French/European law. Nevertheless: If somebody doesn't want you to scrape, don't do it.
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klawed 13y ago
For those who don't read French and don't wish to investigate too much, "leboncoin" (le bon coin) roughly means "the good neighborhood/hangout" (and literally means "the good corner") in French.
- Fuxy 13y ago
  For "the good corner" they don't play very nice do they?
  - carlob 13y ago
    Think of it as a corner in "The Wire". They are just defending their turf ;)
- blueskin_ 13y ago
  Here I was thinking it was yet another bitcoin clone.

jfoucher 13y ago

So there's this website that's the 7th in france according to Alexa (http://www.alexa.com/topsites/countries/FR http://www.alexa.com/topsites/countries/FR) It's the craigslist of france. They don't have email alerts so I built a web app that does just that. Then they noticed the traffic from my server (I guess) and blocked my IP from scraping their site, making the app basically useless, so I just forgot about it. Now they are telling that I'm using their trademark in a way that can make users confuse my service with theirs, that according to their TOS I can't event link to their website without authorization (am I even bound by their TOS if I don't use their website?) and so on and so forth. It was just a side project for me, so I don't mind dropping it. The source code is on Github though if anyone is interested (https://github.com/jfoucher/lebonmail https://github.com/jfoucher/lebonmail)

ekianjo 13y ago
Use proxies.
- alistairjcbrown 13y ago
  That's a bad idea - doing that shows intent to circumvent an intended block. See the last notable case "Craigslist v. 3Taps": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Fraud_and_Abuse_Act#Notable_cases_and_decisions_referring_to_the_Act http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Fraud_and_Abuse_Act#No...
  - wukerplank 13y ago
    I'm not sure if this is applicable to French/European law. Nevertheless: If somebody doesn't want you to scrape, don't do it.
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klawed 13y ago

For those who don't read French and don't wish to investigate too much, "leboncoin" (le bon coin) roughly means "the good neighborhood/hangout" (and literally means "the good corner") in French.

Fuxy 13y ago
For "the good corner" they don't play very nice do they?
- carlob 13y ago
  Think of it as a corner in "The Wire". They are just defending their turf ;)
blueskin_ 13y ago
Here I was thinking it was yet another bitcoin clone.