Re: Can anyone answer this one?

Willem wrote:
> instant wrote:
> ) Basically, I've been trying to extract data from some online Poker
> ) sites (PartyPoker, FullTiltPoker, etc.)software, but I can't cut and
> ) paste from the display that the software provides. I'd like to copy
> ) the results from certain tournaments into a spread*** where I
> could ) then sort the data and eventually display it on a webpage.
> Eventually ) I'd like to have some kind of automated system that
> collects the data ) which I can then sort and display.
> ) Any general feedback on what is involved here would be greatly
> ) appreciated.
>
> If you can't cut&paste from those sites, they probably disabled it
> intentionally. That means they don't *want* you to cut&paste from
> their pages. I would guess that there then would also be a clause
> in their TOS that states that you're not allowed to cut&paste, and
> that also means that any workaround you make is probably not legal

With all due respect, no one can forbid the useof copy paste; c&p is an
intigral part of most any OS, n oone person or entity can make that
illegal.

If the results are displayed in a web page, go to your Internet Options
and disable javascript. I've seen sites that do this, and disabling
javascript allows copy and pasting.

And even if there is a clause about "no c&p'ing", it is absolutely
meaningless. No outside entity can regulate what actually happens on an
end users computer. It has no legal grounds. The ymight as well be
saying "you may not use your mouse when viewing this site" because it
would be just as meaningless and absurd.


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