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I'm pulling inspiration from products like "TextsFromLastnight", "Damnyouautocorrect", and even Genious.com (formerly rapgenious.com). Imagine a complete reposi

I'm pulling inspiration from products like "TextsFromLastnight", "Damnyouautocorrect", and even Genious.com (formerly rapgenious.com). Imagine a complete repository of all funny reviews. People could even upvote/downvote, or submit a review with 1 click (if they have a browser extension.)

walterbell 12y ago
Are there any copyright issues?
- gregmuender 12y ago
  Yes, interesting point. I skimmed through this: http://www.writersweekly.com/print/the_latest_from_angelahoycom/007473_07252012.html http://www.writersweekly.com/print/the_latest_from_angelahoy...
  - walterbell 12y ago
    Maybe allow people to re-submit their own reviews to your site? They own the original copyright. In the meantime, you could quote an excerpt and link to the original. Related: TrustYou is doing automated semantic analysis on travel reviews across multiple sites, then syndicating their assessment back to the vendors being reviewed, http://www.trustyou.com/press/travelers-now-read-hotel-reviews-revolutionary-new-way-meta-reviews-summarize-everything-said-hotels http://www.trustyou.com/press/travelers-now-read-hotel-revie...
    - gregmuender 12y ago
      Ya, it seems analogous to TrustYou. In doing further research, it looks like Amazon is granted a right to use the copy as they wish, which could be to let affiliates, resellers, and any other people market the product, IMHO. And isn't driving users to a website to laugh at a review a form of marketing?
      - walterbell 12y ago
        Yes, your site could drive traffic to the review sites. Have you seen tvtropes? Amazon used to have an API for reviews, but it was discontinued, http://mkcohen.com/amazon-pulls-the-plug-on-review-data http://mkcohen.com/amazon-pulls-the-plug-on-review-data