Re: Car Database
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2002
It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = Inkblot Media wrote: > This is like amazon copyrighting their one-click. It is ridiculous.Just FYI, Amazon's patent (not copyright) had everything to do with the backend processing required to:a) process an order of an item from a single click (easy) b) consolidate multiple single-clicks within a user-specified time period (hard) c) automatically process the combined order after the timeout(somewhat easy)and very little to do with what the user actually perceived. I would not like to have to program the business logic required to support that application. While I don't think patents on business processes, mathematic algorithyms, or software are good public policy, Amazon was within their rights under the current law to protect their significant effort to differentiate their site.> > This information is available on dozens if not hundreds of other sites.Ask them where they got the data.> > I just mention KBB as they are a leader in this field. > Ask _them_ where they got the data.> > > I am not trying to emulate KBB, thus I am not stepping on any copyrighted > material. I am wanting to gather the standard data that goes with cars, > based on makes/models/etc. > Would KBB think that? I think not. You can, of course, do what you want, but know that this public discussion is almost certainly acceptable evidence in a court of law. Speak to a lawyer, as someone else suggested...John-- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4720 Boston Way Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5747 ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Inkblot Media wrote: > This is like amazon copyrighting their one-click. It is ridiculous.Just FYI, Amazon's patent (not copyright) had everything to do with the backend processing required to:a) process an order of an item from a single click (easy) b) consolidate multiple single-clicks within a user-specified time period (hard) c) automatically process the combined order after the timeout(somewhat easy)and very little to do with what the user actually perceived. I would not like to have to program the business logic required to support that application. While I don't think patents on business processes, mathematic algorithyms, or software are good public policy, Amazon was within their rights under the current law to protect their significant effort to differentiate their site.> > This information is available on dozens if not hundreds of other sites.Ask them where they got the data.> > I just mention KBB as they are a leader in this field. > Ask _them_ where they got the data.> > > I am not trying to emulate KBB, thus I am not stepping on any copyrighted > material. I am wanting to gather the standard data that goes with cars, > based on makes/models/etc. > Would KBB think that? I think not. You can, of course, do what you want, but know that this public discussion is almost certainly acceptable evidence in a court of law. Speak to a lawyer, as someone else suggested...John-- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4720 Boston Way Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5747 ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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