Comments on: Taming Gorrillas http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/archives/2007/12/taming-gorrillas Ben Hyde Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:18:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bhyde http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/archives/2007/12/taming-gorrillas/comment-page-1#comment-932 bhyde Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:28:56 +0000 http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/archives/2007/12/taming-gorrillas/#comment-932 My friend Andy Oram wrote a longer more thoughtful piece on this. <a href="http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/12/an_editor_criti.html" rel="nofollow">see here</a>. Thanks Kimbo, that's a fascinating point I'd not considered before in thinking about the Bidder's Edge case. Metadata as trespassing signs - ha! My friend Andy Oram wrote a longer more thoughtful piece on this. see here.

Thanks Kimbo, that’s a fascinating point I’d not considered before in thinking about the Bidder’s Edge case. Metadata as trespassing signs – ha!

]]> By: Kimbo Mundy http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/archives/2007/12/taming-gorrillas/comment-page-1#comment-931 Kimbo Mundy Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:29:24 +0000 http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/archives/2007/12/taming-gorrillas/#comment-931 Actually, I think the multi-million dollar lawsuit that brought down Bidder's Edge is a good example of legal enforcement of the robot exclusion protocol. The judge granted a preliminary injunction on the basis of "trespass to chattles", which was a stretch, but robots.txt was the No Trespassing sign. Actually, I think the multi-million dollar lawsuit that brought down Bidder’s Edge is a good example of legal enforcement of the robot exclusion protocol. The judge granted a preliminary injunction on the basis of “trespass to chattles”, which was a stretch, but robots.txt was the No Trespassing sign.

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