> On Wednesday 20 September 2006 18:47, Ray Champagne wrote: > > $1000 p/mo), or scrape screens (I would think this would be > virtually > > impossible with player stats) illegally and risk getting caught, no. > > > Impossible is a strong word. > Why would it be illegal ?
Screen-scraping is general illegal unless you have express permission to do so. In this case, it would definitely be illegal because the people displaying the information do not have permission to share the information with anyone else -- their license (from Stats, Inc or the other company that provides the service (there were only two companies providing this service back when I 2000 when I needed it, maybe there are more now). I know of no free way to get this information. License cost varies widely depending upon the use and distribution of the information. I haven't looked in a long time, but I'd bet the lowest end licenses are likely in that $1,000/mo ball-park. This isn't tv guide data where the information producers actively want to push their schedule information out to the public -- these companies have guys sitting at all these games recording every pitch/play...so I doubt you'll ever see it offered for free. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:253727 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
