I am not a legal expert, and I don't know anyone on the group who is. So if you have ANY doubts whatsoever about what I'm about to say, you should consult someone who is.
The TOS stipulate that the search must be initiated by the user. It does not, however, indicate how the user should initiate it. By visiting your page, the user triggers the search. So in my estimation, you should be okay. Jeremy R. Geerdes Generally Cool Guy Des Moines, IA For more information or a project quote: [email protected] If you're in the Des Moines, IA, area, check out Debra Heights Wesleyan Church! On Mar 12, 2011, at 9:32 AM, Hesham A. Amin wrote: > I'm concerned about Google Book Search APIs terms of use. > The site I build is about a book store, It has it's own DB of books > that have some missing information like thumbnail and publisher. > When the user navigates to the book page, I'll make a call to Google > Book Search API to load the missing data and the Google logo will be > applied as in the ToS. > Is this considered a legitimate scenario ? Or is it considered a non > "user-generated Search"? > > Thanks for advice. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google AJAX APIs" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-ajax-search-api?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google AJAX APIs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-ajax-search-api?hl=en.
