Re:Ask HN: Dealing with a competitor who is scraping my cont...
by oliwarner on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @07:26AM
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Should be recognised that not all data is eligible for copyright. "Facts" is a broad category of exemption with strange case law. It may be relevant here if the data being scraped is available elsewhere.
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Re:Ask HN: Dealing with a competitor who is scraping my cont...
by ATsch on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @08:31AM
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Note also that in some places, databases are explicity exempt from this "facts" exemption if you made considerable effort in compiling the database. (IANAL)
Re:Ask HN: Dealing with a competitor who is scraping my cont...
by blantonl on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @08:25AM
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Yes indeed. See:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feist_Publications,_Inc.,_v._R....