John, I believe what is happening here is the use of a screen scraper to grab information to provide competing business IS COPYRIGHT VIOLATION. The tool is not in violation, just the use of it to display it "as your own".
-----Original Message----- From: John Adams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 11:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: As previously discussed... ...well, not quite exactly as discussed, but still: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/13/2039226 Texas Court Blocks Screen-Scraper The InternetPosted by timothy on Thursday March 13, @05:06PM 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."
