How do you scrape websites that use services like Brassring?

Commercial vs Personal Use of Websites

• Is my use of internet stuff considered commercial use? > Ok Lets say there is a Website that teaches Math for free It says that this website may be used for Personal Use Only NOT for Commercial Use - I own a small business and I learn how to do math from this website so I can run my business - Is this considered commercial use of that Math Help Website? Next: Google.com on it's Terms of Service say it is for Personal Use only and that I may not use their website for commercial use... So If I do a google search to help me find new products for my business, or if I do searches on Google.com that are part of running my business (e.g. getting driving directions, looking for stuff, dictionary for writing business letters, etc) - Is that considered a Commercial use of Google.com? - Does that mean I cannot use Google.com to search for stuff for my business (Such as Business running tips, New products, Driving Directions, Dictionary, etc...) Finally, I am a student at a University. I DO NOT attend a University because I want to know more for my own good... I attend because I want to Make more money (Monetary Gain)... Commercial use literal definition is to use for Monetary Gain, correct? So If I used Google.com for school related work - Would that be commercial use of Google.com - Can I use Google.com for school related work then? What does a website mean when it says For personal use only, Not for commercial use?

• Answer:

  Dear vgidwani-ga; Thank you for allowing me to answer your interesting question. Generally speaking, the term ?commercial use? refers to the copyright protection. The actually implementation and incorporation of copyrighted materials into one?s commercial enterprise is forbidden by these common disclaimers. So, for example, if you made some entity?s website available to the public and made a profit from the use of someone else?s protected material, you would be in violation of the terms. On the other hand, if you are a commercial pilot and frequently accessed an online weather site to help you to determine if a specific date was safe to fly fee-paying passengers, this would not be considered a violation of the terms. After all, that?s what the information was posted for. Along this same line, mathematical theories are a matter of science in the public domain. If you are using a particular site to enhance your understanding of mathematical theories and applied what you learned in your business and other aspects of your personal or professional life, these are not considered violations of the terms. It is only when you incorporate that particular author?s website, tools, verbatim statements, images or other protected materials that can cause you legal problems. Contrary to popular belief, Google Answers researchers are not Google ?employees?, but it is clear for anyone to see that Google is primarily interested in making sure that users do not exploit the Google OWNED material and services for profit. Having said that, Google has posted this statement that clearly explains what one can and cannot do with their services: ?The Google Services are made available for your personal, non-commercial use only. You may not use the Google Services to sell a product or service, or to increase traffic to your Web site for commercial reasons, such as advertising sales. You may not take the results from a Google search and reformat and display them, or mirror the Google home page or results pages on your Web site. You may not "meta-search" Google. If you want to make commercial use of the Google Services, you must enter into an agreement with Google to do so in advance. Please contact us for more information.? GOOGLE TERMS OF SERVICE ://www.google.com/terms_of_service.html Rest assured that in most cases Google and other search engine WANT users (commercial and no-commercial alike) to utilize their services to the best of their ability and that these and similar restrictions in no way encourages users to refrain from accessing the sites for fear of legal retaliation. It is only when ?proprietary? information, data, tools, images and services for which Google and others have sole ownership is misused that problems arise. By merely ?using? Google and other search engines as gateways to information that may help you enhance your personal and professional knowledge, you are not in violation of the terms of commercial use policies. I hope you find that my answer exceeds your expectations. If you have any questions about my research please post a clarification request prior to rating the answer. Otherwise I welcome your rating and your final comments and I look forward to working with you again in the near future. Thank you for bringing your question to us. Best regards; Tutuzdad-ga ? Google Answers Researcher INFORMATION SOURCES GOOGLE TERMS OF SERVICE AND PERMISSIONS ://www.google.com/permissions/index.html ://www.google.com/permissions/guidelines.html ://www.google.com/permissions/request.html ://www.google.com/permissions/brand_terms.html ://www.google.com/permissions/promotion.html Contact: ://www.google.com/contact/ SEARCH STRATEGY SEARCH ENGINE USED: Google ://www.google.com SEARCH TERMS USED: GOOGLE PERMISSIONS TERMS OF SERVICE COPYRIGHT COMMERCIAL USE