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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
