Feb 27

If you create a software product that will be sold, is it legal to extract data from 3rd party sites for use in the software?

For example, regarding marketing software…when they pull results from Google, Alexa, Compete.com and so on and then display that data within desktop software to the end user…is that legal/allowed?

Or what about applications that pull data from sites like Google Shopping, Yahoo News, Shopping.com, etc.

Thank you and I appreciate your help.

Feb 27

I am building an online website for a client - We are doing MANY forms of marketing to promote their site - blog, social networking etc. I am currently considering a Drupal option. The already have a website with over 2000 items in it - there are currently using OSCommerce - so being able to convert is important.
I need to be able to install this solution on my own server and it doesn’t necessarily have to be free - but under $250 would be good. Thanks