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| Hey, does anyone know how dogpile is legal, since google doesn't allow itself to be spidered? |
| Mupolan, it just does a HTTP request to google? Not that hard to pretend to be a browser :d And holy crap http://www.dogpile.com/info.dogpl/search/web/foo%252Bbar/1/-/1/-/-/-/1/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/417/top/-/-/-/1 Little much with the URL parameters :| |
| Google doesn't allow itself to be spidred Could't they stop dogpile? |
| What do you mean "doesn't allow itself to be spidered" |
| Robots.txt |
| So spoof the useragent? |
| They could sue dogpile |
| How so? |
| With lawyers |
| :d They put their content on the internet, public domain |
| That's not how it works |
| I doubt they'd get anywhere with a law suit |
| Ok, you have no clue |
| Mupolan, there's also the google api ;) Dogpile could just be doing searches with that :d |
| Mupolan,sue them for what? /Linking/? |
| Mupolan, http://research.yale.edu/lawmeme/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1725 interesting read And where does robots.txt become legally binding? |
| Look up ebay's "virtual tresspassing" lawsuits They stopped a lot of meta auctions ites The web used to be filled with meta auctions |
| The concept is totally flawed still A "user" could be doing the search, saving the google page and then having it parsed by the application The "user" is not blocked by the robots.txt, just robots. S/he was saying that google doesn't allow robots to index it But if it wasn't a robot that grabbed the page, then the robots.txt doesn't matter "only people 7ft tall can read this sign" but if I get someone who is 7ft tall to read it for me and then describe it, the height restriction is meaningless :) |
| Since when is robots legally binding? If you have a page on the web It's accessible If you donct' want it accessible DON'T PUT IT ON THE WEB |
| Exactly Rhett, the lawsuit looks hilarious In blocking the practice at least until the case comes up for trial, U.S. District Judge Ronald Whyte ruled that Bidder's Edge had "deprived eBay of the ability to use...its personal property for its own purposes." I think the biggest issue is that the officials in office have no idea about technology, so we end up with silly laws and suits, and patents on technologies that shouldn't ever have been given |
