and more interesting: "The Software enables the User to make Searches. The User acknowledges that the Software shall run on the User's own computer equipment and shall in respect of each Search make a unique and current request of each Property Portal."
So their users download software that make individual searches from their machines, according to this. Hmm, Could they argue that *they* aren't scraping your site but their users are? Rich > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Dray [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 15 September 2003 14:58 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] Stopping 'db scrapes' > > > It definitely uses almost live data. Properties added to our > database turn > up on theirs a day or so later. > > This is us: www.primelocation.com > This is them: www.propertysearch.com > > If you can be arsed try the same property search on both > > Please excuse the horrendous design, not guilty. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rich Wild [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 15 September 2003 14:47 > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] Stopping 'db scrapes' > > > > or hinder that in some manner - as your "client" is in fact > > a tool that > > is " spoofing" or mimicking a client browser it has to have in some > > Way a noticeable pattern to its behaviour > > not necessarily. What if the competitor has just hired > someone to sit there > and grab all the data using just a browser? > > > -- > ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
