CFHTTP has a very useful and very legal use in grabbing XML feeds from syndication services.
Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joshua Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 2:58 PM Subject: RE: is CFHTTP illegal? > There are hundreds of uses for cfhttp other than scraping someone else's > content. > You can use it to grab feeds from other sites, run "tasks" on another > server, pull data from other sites using wddx, etc. > > Yes, it CAN be used for evil, but so can javascript and it's still legal > ;) > > Joshua Miller > Web Development :: Programming > Eagle Web Development LLC > www.eaglewd.com > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (304) 622-5676 (Clarksburg Office) > (304) 456-4942 (Home Office) > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gyrus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 2:44 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: is CFHTTP illegal? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > i was kinda wonderin, cuz you can use CFHTTP to make it look like your > > > site can do seomthing, when instead it is using another site to do > > that actual work, and then displaying it on their own site... > ---------------------------- > > This subject line is a bit misleading - if CFHTTP was illegal, I can't > imagine Allaire would have risked implementing it ;-) > > The real question you're asking is: Is it illegal to use web > applications or content, via CFHTTP, that are not intended for use by > third parties, and passing them off as your own? > > Well, I've no firm idea about the letter of the law on this, but to me > you may as well be asking if walking into a supermarket and taking a bag > of apples without paying for them is illegal! > > Further, even if there's some legal loophole you can jump through, IMHO > it's *wrong* to do something like this. If you think the people whose > stuff you're using wouldn't mind, I'd at least get in touch with them to > confirm. If you think they *would* mind... well, you've kind of answered > your own question there ;-) > > - Gyrus > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > work: http://www.tengai.co.uk > play: http://www.norlonto.net > - PGP key available > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
