is it legal to display information from other websites in my website?
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Hi everybody, I was wondering if it is legal for my website to read data from other public webites (without their permission), display the data as it is (without modifications, not event changing the format) and display this information on my website and giving a note for users that this information is from www.somewebsite.com and displayed as is, and providing a link to the source. Thanks everybody
And ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation Mohammad Gdeisat
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Hi everybody, I was wondering if it is legal for my website to read data from other public webites (without their permission), display the data as it is (without modifications, not event changing the format) and display this information on my website and giving a note for users that this information is from www.somewebsite.com and displayed as is, and providing a link to the source. Thanks everybody
And ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation Mohammad Gdeisat
I'm no lawyer, so you'll have to take my advice for what it is, but I'd seriously doubt that taking somebody else's content and displaying on your own site (even with attribution) is legal. Most sites have copyright in place, and this can be pretty restrictive - if the content belongs on somebody else's site, then simply provide a link to that site. That's a much safer way to do this.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
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I'm no lawyer, so you'll have to take my advice for what it is, but I'd seriously doubt that taking somebody else's content and displaying on your own site (even with attribution) is legal. Most sites have copyright in place, and this can be pretty restrictive - if the content belongs on somebody else's site, then simply provide a link to that site. That's a much safer way to do this.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
I think that facebook is the best example of displaying other sites' contents with no permission at all, you can post any webpage to your profile and facebook will display a portion of it + a link, and it displays a picture if available but nobody has ever complained, and it is well known that facebook is a well-respected site that does follow copyright laws. What do you think about this, does it make sense?
And ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation Mohammad Gdeisat