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   by runbycomment 11y ago

   I understand what you're saying, we just come from very different perspectives. Most of my results are after significant transformation and combination, resulting in models to test against. I'm not very concerned with copyright
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   by runbycomment 11y ago

   Also worth mentioning: as long as you're scraping facts and combining them in a novel way, copyright law is much less relevant. This opeartes in what I consider a legal grey area. Don't make it obvious that you're scraping,
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   by runbycomment 11y ago

   In your opinion, how much of that situation's complexity is eliminated simply by scraping the Google cache of a site? I also wonder how possible it is to hide behind proxies, especially if they are owned by entities in other countries.
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   by runbycomment 11y ago

   Agreed that it can be a headache, but wanted to offer an alternative perspective. Personally, I feel that inclusion in Google constitutes public access to the data. As long as I'm not logged into an account on their system, I feel ethi