On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 9:35 PM, Reese, Terry
<terry.reese_at_oregonstate.edu> wrote:
> In Canada, the BC Supreme Court ruled that screen scrapping real estate listings from one site and using them on another indeed infringed on copyright. Not sure if this would cover your use -- but if you are coming from Canada, it might be something to consider.
>
> Decision URL: http://www.canlii.org/en/bc/bcsc/doc/2011/2011bcsc1196/2011bcsc1196.html
If you read the decision, it looks as though the content found to be
infringing was the property's description and photograph, which are
creative works.
Indexing factual data about a property *only* (asking price, address,
square footage, etc) may have been on stronger legal footing.
Regards,
-Nate
Received on Mon Oct 03 2011 - 13:08:33 EDT