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Texas Court Blocks Screen-Scraper

Posted by timothy on from the bits-is-bits dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A Texas court has granted American Airlines an injunction against Farechaser to stop them from using a screen-scraper to copy airfare information from their website in violation of the terms and conditions. In a stunning display of hypocrisy, Farechase.com's own terms and conditions prohibit users from doing to them exactly what they are doing to AA.com. The EFF is involved, but it's unclear whether they're supporting the enforceability of a website's terms and conditions or Farechase's right to violate them."

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  1. Room for one by Hayzeus · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The grammar in the second AC posting is flawless. Plus -- and this is only a guess -- the author is probably possessed of extraordinary intelligence and rugged good looks. I could be wrong, but I doubt it.

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  2. Re:Texas court decision? (OT, I know...) by Dark+Lord+Seth · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That robot thing rules btw :) Had fun driving around and talking to the owner a bit ;)

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  3. Regional Air vs. National Air by Dukeofshadows · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    My gripe is with the overpaid pilots of national airlines as they were reporting from local media here, particularly United airlines after it declared bankruptcy. Regional airlines can't afford that kind ot overpay, hence why I said they were loving this economy. AirTran, Braniff, JetBlue et. al don't seem to have this problem since they don't have the outlandish contracts. Thanks for the info on piloting aircraft. Best of luck to your friend.

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  4. Re:Nationalization of airlines by fucksl4shd0t · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Now tell me again why pilots are overpaid?

    Ok, try this one on.

    1. They spend on average 8 hours a week with your kids, daily. Most parents spend about that time as well, or less.
    2. Your kids really trust them and the information they are given by them. They get in trouble when they don't.
    3. Your kids look up to them and try to behave like them.
    4. Like it or not, your kids will learn morality from them, as well as you.

    Considering that your kids (and mine) are the future of this world, would you feel comfortable paying their teachers a pilot's salary or teacher's salary? Mind you, too many mistakes by the adults in your kids lives can cause your kids to go throwing bombs and shooting up the school and stuff. Don't believe me? Read this

    yeah, I know. That's just reactionary crap I just said. Fuck it. :)

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