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Ask HN: How Are Webhose or Newsapi Legal?

Posted by shoe_hn on Friday March 29, 2019 @04:56PM
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They crawl news articles from site like CNN, FOX,... and serve them via an API for a fee. Isn't this a textbook case for copyright infringement? Does simply following robots.txt, as they claim, give you automatic immunity against copyright infringement?I'm curious as I would like to create a similar service and am seriously concerned about the legal side of things.

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Re:Ask HN: Can I offer different prices to different users for the sam... on Monday March 18, 2019 @08:46PM (#19426975)

My concerns generally revolve around the situation where users find out they've been charged different prices.

Ask HN: Can I offer different prices to different users for the same product?

Posted by shoe_hn on Monday March 18, 2019 @08:10PM
from the ask-hn dept.

Do any SaaS companies use "Request Demo" or "Contact Sales" to offer different prices to different customers for the exact same product? e.g. "If customer is a startup I sell ONE license at $50 but if it's enterprise I'll sell ONE at $5,000 just because I know they can afford it..."

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Re:Ask HN: What podcasts do you listen to regularly? on Saturday March 09, 2019 @04:05PM (#19348473)

Haha! The way he talks reminds me of Noam Chomsky. Very soothing, helps me sleep!

Re:Ask HN: Why did Coinhive, the in-browser crypto miner, fail? on Saturday March 09, 2019 @04:02PM (#19348459)

These are definitely important issues but they don't sound like show-stoppers. Many people use anti virus software and adblockers but then again many don't!

Additionally they (or some alternative) may have been able to improve the software and create a simple consent process to avoid being blacklisted.

Re:Ask HN: What podcasts do you listen to regularly? on Saturday March 09, 2019 @11:46AM (#19346973)

Making Sense with Sam Harris.

Sam Harris is very controversial. Yet, IMHO, intellectually honest. Also, his voice is very relaxing lol.

Re:Ask HN: What are some of the untold truths of raising VC? on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @06:27PM (#19158189)

It's very important to understand that once they show interest it means they need you as much as you need them. They're just very good at marketing and putting themselves in a position of "King Makers". Be confident when you talk to them ;)