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Directories can be negatively impacted by screen scraping in a number of ways and those involved in the industry may want to get some better protection than they already have in place. While the paper product is still important in this sector, the rise of internet adoption means... Read More

News is something that the majority of people read or take in through some format on a daily basis. There are many opinions, however, on how information should be paid for and who has the right to display it and where. In this digital age, websites taking, or perhaps scraping... Read More

Many may not be aware of screen scraping - its potential problems, risks and even who is taking the data in the first place. So what are the basics of this kind of data appropriation? And what kind of firms are or have been affected by screen scraping? Anders Söderström,... Read More

A number of recent cases have heightened the profile of screen scraping. But why should firms now be looking out for screen scraping issues that could affect them? Is it that much of a problem that it deserves a business’ attention? According to TJ McIntyre, a lecturer in... Read More

Ryanair has taken a German internet ticket tout to court, accusing it of unauthorised screen scraping and reselling the airline’s flights at inflated prices. Unister GmbH has been taken to the High Court in Dublin by Ryanair, which has claimed the German organisation... Read More

For those people that carry out screen scraping, it can either be a simple or particularly difficult task, it has been suggested. This depends on how complex the source is, according to Martin Streicher, writing for Linux Magazine. The tools for carrying out scraping activity are... Read More

Ryanair is to sue Travelviva AG for engaging in unauthorised screen scraping activity, it has been reported. The airline has accused the German screen scraping travel website of reselling Ryanair flights with unjustified mark-ups, according to SiliconRepublic.com. Ryanair has... Read More

The act of data scraping can be pernicious and anyone who publishes original content on the internet is affected by scraping to some extent, it has been claimed. Experts at Sentor suggest that out-of-control scraping attacks on a company’s website can seriously damage its... Read More

Cultuzz Digital Media has announced that it is to no longer use screen scraping and its interfaces are now XML-based. The company asserted that screen scraping is not as reliable as an XML interface, which may scare off those looking to use screen scraping in a malicious manner.... Read More