RE: [syndication] Alternatives to Moreover

[Rich Wild <r.wild@e-mango.com>]

what's fun is that if you go the the dev centre at moreover:
http://w.moreover.com/dev/

and click on the link for their updated T&Cs:

http://w.moreover.com/site/about/termsandconditions.html

you get a nice fat 404.

real terms at http://w.moreover.com/main_site/aboutus/terms.html

as for the T&Cs themselves:

"2.1. 
At Moreover's sole discretion, certain Charities may be granted use of the
Service in any properties or applications, including web sites, intranets,
extranets and software.

[snip]

To be considered for eligibility as a Charity, qualified applicants should
complete this form and submit to Moreover for review. An applicant will only
be deemed a Charity under this Agreement upon written approval of Moreover.
"

You know, I wondered when this was coming. Bah.

Rich


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Julian Bond [mailto:julian_bond@voidstar.com]
> Sent: 13 February 2003 13:14
> To: syndication@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [syndication] Alternatives to Moreover
> 
> 
> 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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