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| JDommi |
Posted - 09 May 2011 : 09:39:13
I don't know if that is against copyright or would cause legal problems.
But what do you think about uploading the users' databases (separate for each language) to a combined info site into one big source?
I think of a "registered users only" area that provides the collected info as text only (as pictures always will cause legal rights and because of saving webspace and speed).
Then we need only a script like the apiversion of themoviedb.com.
Where the apikey is your registration key of XMM.
Every user with a legal copy of XMM should be able to append their info to this site.
One day we will have the biggest info base ever... |
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| KCWhiteKnight |
Posted - 09 May 2011 : 17:24:58
Wow,I wondered that about the pictures from DVDEmpire but then there is a reality check that you can download them they aren't locked or anything. I'm thinking it's more of calling attention to yourself and stating it. Like IMDB also wanted to charge them $15,000 US for usage for the scripts. If that hasn't driven them out of business it surely has decreased sales. Sad to cause I had written like 5 what you call moviecards for display purposes.
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| Prinz |
Posted - 09 May 2011 : 17:11:54
Here in Germany I wouldn't do that at all with our extremely strict copyright law.
Many times even private use is here already a violation of the law... |
| KCWhiteKnight |
Posted - 09 May 2011 : 17:03:11
Something about private use only and when you start uploading their data to other sources it is violation of that. People also with Iphones and Ipads were posting their data on their own public websites. That gang created a couple of Apple Apps too which I'm sure helped draw attention to them. They got a letter from IMDB to cease.
The problem I found with it was with people uploading their data has made changes and wasn't always accurate. Sometimes there were two or three IMDB codes none of which matched the movie. I had a huge clean up for that and UPC codes. I'm guessing one of the problems too was they weren't tracking where the data was coming. Like your UPC code over there might be different than mine over here.
Then of course there is the issue of copyright. You couldn't upload pictures unless you had scanned them yourself. DVDEmpire has copywrite material on theirs.
It's tricky. Like I wouldn't venture at guess as how they would react to uploading the information to your own personel website if they even caught that. I wondered if that would be considered public use and some people have put information provided by IMDB on their webpages.
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| JDommi |
Posted - 09 May 2011 : 15:36:20
Well, then it is worthless to continue this thought... |
| KCWhiteKnight |
Posted - 09 May 2011 : 15:29:53
Collectorz did that and got into lots of trouble with IMDB. Lots of documentation on their website. They had to shut down some of their scripts. They set it up so people could upload their collections. Now that is the only database they use with their software. A reason several people are looking at other packages. |
| JDommi |
Posted - 09 May 2011 : 10:07:50
Yes, of course, but do we know from where the info comes? And it should not be a "public library" - only for registered XMM users.
Indeed, about the legal things I don't have any knowledge. |
| Prinz |
Posted - 09 May 2011 : 09:57:21
I think you get in big copyright issues. Many sites don't allow the reuse of there Data (themoviedb for example) |
