Using information from a website

Jul 3rd, 2007, 08:44 AM

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?

Thanks.

able1 · Jul 5th, 2007, 05:18 PM

You can say version number x--that is not protected, if that is what you are asking.

Jul 6th, 2007, 07:59 PM

But what if I'm doing that directly from their site.. like the people who use my program connect to their site.

Jul 8th, 2007, 10:40 PM

You can link but cannot hide it and cannot make it look like it is your information.

Jul 3rd, 2007, 08:44 AM	#1
russian0 Guest Posts: n/a	Using information from a website 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? Thanks.

Jul 5th, 2007, 05:18 PM	#2
able1 Top Level Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 782	Re: Using information from a website You can say version number x--that is not protected, if that is what you are asking.

Jul 6th, 2007, 07:59 PM	#3
russian0 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Using information from a website But what if I'm doing that directly from their site.. like the people who use my program connect to their site.

Jul 8th, 2007, 10:40 PM	#4
Unregistered Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Using information from a website You can link but cannot hide it and cannot make it look like it is your information.

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