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@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ the standard for determining what an automated tool is allowed to do on a server, robots.txt, all of the getxbook tools are permitted. + # getgbook ## Terms of Service @@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ we are obeying robots.txt Details on how Google interprets robots.txt are at http://code.google.com/web/controlcrawlindex/docs/robots_txt.html + # getabook ## Conditions of Use @@ -48,13 +50,13 @@ is forbidden, and that using "robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools" is also not allowed. http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=x?nodeId=508088 -Thankfully, however, the rules set out in Amazon's robots.txt tells -a different story. Given that these explicitly lay down the rules -for automated downloading tools, it seems reasonable too take them -as representative of accepted policy. - ## robots.txt +Thankfully, the rules set out in Amazon's robots.txt tell a +different story to the conditions of use. Given that these +explicitly lay down the rules for automated downloading tools, it +seems reasonable too take them as representative of accepted policy. + Amazon's main robots.txt allows all of the request types we make. ## Curious @@ -62,3 +64,31 @@ Amazon's main robots.txt allows all of the request types we make. One other curious sentiment in the Conditions of Use is the clause "we each waive any right to a jury trial." Amazon's is truly a Brave New World. + + +# getbnbook + +## Terms of Service + +Again, we see the terms of service disallow "automated means to +access or index the Barnes & Noble.com Site or its systems, the +Content or any portion or derivative thereof for any purpose", as +well as any downloading other than page caching, from their +website. See section I, "Licenses and restrictions." +http://www.barnesandnoble.com/include/terms_of_use.asp + +## robots.txt + +Their robots.txt again tells a different story, however. Again, +it seems reasonable to use these as guidelines for how getbnbook +may access the site. + +Barnes and Noble's main robots.txt allows all of the request types +we make. + +## Curious + +As with Amazon, Barnes and Noble also happily proclaim in their +Terms of Service that "each of the parties hereby knowingly, +voluntarily and intentionally waives any right it may have to a +trial by jury." Dangerous, radical things, those juries. |