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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 11/21/25 11:53
rasiel@dirtyoldbooks.com wrote:
> Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> ...
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>>Ras,
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> ..
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>>To take your example - what if this listing is for "pumps"? Do you put
>>it in "shoes" or "machinery"? OK, so you look for the word "shoes".
>>But now it lists "horse shoes", as in the game.
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> these would be easy - in the first case the logic would simply ignore
> pumps and those records skipped while in the latter the data would be
> included; however, seeing that "horse shoes" or something similar would
> be unlikely to appear in the shoes category the data would not be
> seriously polluted. i am only thinking of having programming focus on
> one ebay category, not the entire site. also, having a way to manually
> delete invalid entries as outlined in the original post would be a
> great tool for trimming out invalid records.
>
>
>>Additionally, do you have permission from EBay to use their information
>>in this way? All of it is copyrighted, and using it without their
>>permission can get you and the developer in a lot of trouble. Of
>>course, if this is for valid research, I would think they would be quite
>>willing to grant that permission. And any responsible developer would
>>want to ensure this is in place before starting.
>>
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> this is more of a problem since it's notoriously difficult to get a
> hold of a "real live person" in a posiion to grant such a request.
> however, this is meant for my private use in compiling statistics
> towards a book i'm writing so i see little reason why anyone would
> object. it might even fall under the 'fair use' clause of copyright
> law.
>
> thanks again jerry!
>
> ras
>
Doesn't matter if it's for your private use or not - it's still
copyrighted. In the U.S. you can only excerpt small pieces for personal
use and not violate the copyright ("fair use". And I doubt a
compilation of sales in one category would count. And if it's for a
book, it's not "private use".
But then IANAL, either.
Did you try starting with email?
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