> As another example, can I go to Amazon.com (without using their API), scrape all the product names and prices off their web site and map the dates and times they change? I would think not. Those too are facts, but you're basically just copying someone else's database.
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> Can I scrape stock data off of Yahoo finance without having to pay the license fee associated with getting historical stock data?
Sure. They even provide a CSV format to make it easier for you!
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> Can I scrape stock data off of Yahoo finance without having to pay the license fee associated with getting historical stock data?
Sure. They even provide a CSV format to make it easier for you!
http://ichart.finance.yahoo.com/table.csv?s=YHOO&d=0&...