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Websites Complaining About Screen-Scraping

Posted by michael on from the there's-always-a-whiner dept.

wilko11 writes "There have been two cases recently where websites have requested the removal of modules from CPAN. These modules could be used to access the websites (EuroTV and Streetmap) from a PERL program. The question being asked on the mailinglists (threads about EuroTV and about Streetmap) is 'can companies dictate what software you can use to access web content from their server?'"

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  1. Doesn't our favorite company already do that? by FroMan · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Microsoft Sends Broken Stylesheets to Opera

    Not exactly enforcing you through law, but definitely through little "accidents" like above.

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  2. Re:paging Jack Valenti by Golias · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    A lot of republicans would love to fix or repeal the DMCA. If there were time this session, I'm sure Orin Hatch would enthusiastically author such a bill, as would John McCain.

    However, with shit like Kennedy filibustering to prevent the appointment of a former Clinton judge beacuse he's supposedly too conservative, there's no way anything is likely to get done beyond the budget bill and Iraq's Saddamectomy.

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  3. Re:paging Jack Valenti by bofkentucky · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Try the democrat goons, look up the entertainment industry on open secrets, they gave 84% of their donations to democrats in the last election cycle, chew on that before the next election.

    I suppose that someone didn't want there precious liberal protectors insulted, flamebait my ass. If you have information to refute my argument, please respond

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