On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Jonathan Rochkind <rochkind_at_jhu.edu> wrote:
> However, my understanding is that Worldcat forbids any use of those cover
> images _at all_. This is much more clear cut, and OCLC is much more likely
> to care, then Amazon's more bizarre restrictions as to purpose.
How is Amazon's restriction bizarre? As far as I can read, they're
saying "hey if you're using our data, we ask that you drive traffic to
us, OK?" That's totally reasonable; they, you know, sell books for a
living, and their API services aren't free to support.
If you're using Amazon's cover images, you should provide a way for
Amazon to capitalize on that usage. Even if they don't cut you off
(because they don't catch you or don't care), linking to them is still
the morally right thing to do.
Cheers,
-Nate
Received on Mon Mar 16 2009 - 16:51:57 EDT