>>>>> "Robin" == Robin Norwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Robin> But Google does use the data in indexes for personal gain...it derives Robin> significant revenue from the advertising done on it's site. s/it's/its/, but I don't want to get distracted here. :) The *primary* purpose of Google's visit is to let *me* find the site. That google has a business model that pays for the collection of that information doesn't make a difference to the argument. Yes, I'm *betting* that the *primary* purpose of the OP's scraping is not a "public good", but rather a private increase in knowledge, power, or possibly commerce, but I'd bet that's a safe bet. :) -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <merlyn@stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
