And most importantly...if you are properly licensed/authorized to re-publish the stock data from whatever source you are getting it. Simply scraping it off a site because you can doesn't qualify unless the source in question says so in it's terms of service.
-----Original Message----- From: Lee Fuller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 8:01 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: using cf_stockdata, is this legal? Using stock reports is legal if: - They are delayed by at least 15-20 minutes, per SEC regulations for non-registered outlets - They are not used for commercial profit purposes - i.e., you are not selling the information or profiting directly from it's use. If it is for informational purposes only, you're safe. - You are accurately reporting the information from a reputable/reliable source. That's my .02 Lee | -----Original Message----- | From: Thanh Nguyen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] | Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 4:57 PM | To: CF-Talk | Subject: using cf_stockdata, is this legal? | | | I've been using stockdata custom tag on our website for a long time. | Yesterday, my colleague just told me that it's illegal to use | it. Is this true? if yes, Is there another way of getting stock info | | check out this page http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/fin/fin-03.html | <http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/fin/fin-03.html> | | | Thanh Nguyen | | | ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm 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
