Re: [syndication] Alternatives to Moreover

[Julian Bond <julian_bond@voidstar.com>]

Bill Kearney <ml_yahoo@ideaspace.net> wrote:
> > After 4 years of using Moreover as a source of fairly general news on
> > one of the websites I manage, we've been asked to cease and desist.
>
> What explanation did they give?

Breaking their T&Cs

> What price did they quote for continued use?

They didn't. But mainly because we haven't got the money anyway so it's 
a bit pointless starting negotiations.

> What was the site in question?

http://www.ecademy.com/module.php?mod=import

What's interesting about this is that they still provide the feeds on 
publicly accessible URLs and with no security. Now just because the feed 
is accessible doesn't mean you can do what you like with it and 
re-publish it. But I'd still expect people who explicitly don't want 
this to happen to take some minimal steps to prevent it. This is not the 
same as saying don't scrape my pages, it's more like saying don't visit 
this URL. But this is a legal minefield and ultimately it's their data 
so you shouldn't really go against their wishes.

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