Hi monks,

I'm using LWP::Simple to grab stuff from webpages and then have a script to parse the contents to customise the output. A link to the source of the parsed information is displayed on the html page.

Is this sort of things commonly done? Are there any legal issues involved?

My personal view is that if the contents are private or available based on subscription, the site owner would make it clear and would make it impossible for anybody to access the privileged information. Otherwise, it's free no matter how the information is accessed (with the exception of illegally hacking into the site.

What are your thoughts and views on the matter?

I look forward to hearing from you.

Thanks in anticipation :)

I wasn't aware of the legal implications. Will rule out such an option. Thanks for advice :)

In reply to Grabbing information form web pages... by kiat

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