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Old 07-03-2007, 09:44 AM     #1
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Hi.

I'm currently writing a program that you install on your computer and it tells you when new versions of your software come out. I was planning to use softpedia.com to download a few htmls to find out the version number (it just extracts that information from the page), but I am wondering if that would be fair use.. because I'm pretty sure a version number (such as 2.02) is only fact.. and cannot be copyrighted. Any ideas?

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Old 07-05-2007, 06:18 PM     #2
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You can say version number x--that is not protected, if that is what you are asking.
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Old 07-06-2007, 08:59 PM     #3
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But what if I'm doing that directly from their site.. like the people who use my program connect to their site.
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Old 07-08-2007, 11:40 PM     #4
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You can link but cannot hide it and cannot make it look like it is your information.
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