Comments on: Curtains for Theater Listings http://blog.isnoop.net/2009/07/21/curtains-for-theater-listings/ It's a Doozy! Mon, 19 Jul 2010 06:06:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Valentines Day SMS http://blog.isnoop.net/2009/07/21/curtains-for-theater-listings/comment-page-1/#comment-417426 Valentines Day SMS Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:10:49 +0000 http://blog.isnoop.net/?p=384#comment-417426 Thanks for the post. i like Thanks for the post. i like

]]> By: Chris http://blog.isnoop.net/2009/07/21/curtains-for-theater-listings/comment-page-1/#comment-417106 Chris Sun, 24 Jan 2010 06:41:15 +0000 http://blog.isnoop.net/?p=384#comment-417106 Scraping data -even in the open environment of the Internet is still wrong. We pay for our data (yeah, I know the site design sucks) but our showtimes are always right. http://www.richmondmovies.com --Sorry gang, I believe in open source, but not when it comes at legitamite business owners expense (not mine- but the company that we buy the data from; they go to a lot of trouble and expense to get it right, and it isn't easy. It's the industry, not the service providers. Theaters quite often don't have their act together, and yet will pay to be in the newspaper(a dying media) but won't support or pay sites like ours that drive more traffic to them than anything. Sucks, but that's the way the movie trailer biz rolls. Scraping data -even in the open environment of the Internet is still wrong. We pay for our data (yeah, I know the site design sucks) but our showtimes are always right. http://www.richmondmovies.com –Sorry gang, I believe in open source, but not when it comes at legitamite business owners expense (not mine- but the company that we buy the data from; they go to a lot of trouble and expense to get it right, and it isn’t easy. It’s the industry, not the service providers. Theaters quite often don’t have their act together, and yet will pay to be in the newspaper(a dying media) but won’t support or pay sites like ours that drive more traffic to them than anything. Sucks, but that’s the way the movie trailer biz rolls.

]]> By: Jose Arias http://blog.isnoop.net/2009/07/21/curtains-for-theater-listings/comment-page-1/#comment-414555 Jose Arias Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:42:41 +0000 http://blog.isnoop.net/?p=384#comment-414555 Money ....Money ...that's all that matter to them ... hasta la vista ... My love was true Still you threw it all away Everything has changed. is like the rest Unworthy of my best Hasta la vista, baby Best..... Money ….Money …that’s all that matter to them … hasta la vista …
My love was true
Still you threw it all away
Everything has changed. is like the rest
Unworthy of my best
Hasta la vista, baby Best…..

]]> By: Bill http://blog.isnoop.net/2009/07/21/curtains-for-theater-listings/comment-page-1/#comment-397691 Bill Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:09:10 +0000 http://blog.isnoop.net/?p=384#comment-397691 Is there any chance you would share the code you used? Is there any chance you would share the code you used?

]]> By: Rich http://blog.isnoop.net/2009/07/21/curtains-for-theater-listings/comment-page-1/#comment-394596 Rich Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:31:31 +0000 http://blog.isnoop.net/?p=384#comment-394596 Using the Fetch Page module in Yahoo! Pipes: "Can't fetch pages that robots.txt disallow" Grr! You can't copyright facts, people! Using the Fetch Page module in Yahoo! Pipes:

“Can’t fetch pages that robots.txt disallow”

Grr! You can’t copyright facts, people!

]]> By: Scott http://blog.isnoop.net/2009/07/21/curtains-for-theater-listings/comment-page-1/#comment-392325 Scott Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:33:41 +0000 http://blog.isnoop.net/?p=384#comment-392325 I just noticed the post in my Google reader subscription. If you do find another source, do post a new update to the feed, and on this post (though I assume it will just start working again). I won't expect anything in the mean time. Are you allowed to share the source anyway? Surely they can't nag a million 'little people' haha. Oh well. Pipes should be useful too. Cheers and thanks again for the 2.5 exceptional years it did work. :) I just noticed the post in my Google reader subscription.

If you do find another source, do post a new update to the feed, and on this post (though I assume it will just start working again). I won’t expect anything in the mean time.

Are you allowed to share the source anyway? Surely they can’t nag a million ‘little people’ haha. Oh well. Pipes should be useful too.

Cheers and thanks again for the 2.5 exceptional years it did work. :)

]]> By: Barry Gordon http://blog.isnoop.net/2009/07/21/curtains-for-theater-listings/comment-page-1/#comment-391899 Barry Gordon Sat, 29 Aug 2009 19:02:48 +0000 http://blog.isnoop.net/?p=384#comment-391899 I do not understand how the "whats playing and starting times" can be considered intellectual property not in the public domain. Even if you were retrieving it from some site, that information content is already published all over in newspapers etc. I am curious, did the lawyer explain why his client feels it is their intellectual property? I do not understand how the “whats playing and starting times” can be considered intellectual property not in the public domain. Even if you were retrieving it from some site, that information content is already published all over in newspapers etc. I am curious, did the lawyer explain why his client feels it is their intellectual property?

]]> By: Alex http://blog.isnoop.net/2009/07/21/curtains-for-theater-listings/comment-page-1/#comment-389005 Alex Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:44:50 +0000 http://blog.isnoop.net/?p=384#comment-389005 Google should ask you for the code. Sorry to see you call it curtains. Google should ask you for the code. Sorry to see you call it curtains.

]]> By: Jimmy Liew http://blog.isnoop.net/2009/07/21/curtains-for-theater-listings/comment-page-1/#comment-388937 Jimmy Liew Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:49:41 +0000 http://blog.isnoop.net/?p=384#comment-388937 Sorry to heard that the feed go down. Your feed was so useful that it has become one of my daily check item for my local area theaters. Thanks for your effort on this. I truly understand your concern. Again, thanks. Sorry to heard that the feed go down. Your feed was so useful that it has become one of my daily check item for my local area theaters. Thanks for your effort on this. I truly understand your concern. Again, thanks.

]]> By: NotMyself http://blog.isnoop.net/2009/07/21/curtains-for-theater-listings/comment-page-1/#comment-387705 NotMyself Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:54:25 +0000 http://blog.isnoop.net/?p=384#comment-387705 Sorry to see the feed go down but I totally understand why. Your feed was one of the oldest feeds in my google reader account for my local area theaters. Thanks for having it up as long as you did. Sorry to see the feed go down but I totally understand why. Your feed was one of the oldest feeds in my google reader account for my local area theaters. Thanks for having it up as long as you did.

]]> By: The Dave http://blog.isnoop.net/2009/07/21/curtains-for-theater-listings/comment-page-1/#comment-387582 The Dave Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:31:50 +0000 http://blog.isnoop.net/?p=384#comment-387582 Famous Players in Canada goes out of their way to make sure that it's as difficult as possible to find out when their movies are playing. It's odd, were I running a theatre I'd welcome the free advertising. As a theatre goes, I still use the same resources to find movies in my area that I did previously, if I'm looking for a specific movie and Famous Players doesn't show up on the list then it's not really a big deal, I just see the movie elsewhere. Famous Players in Canada goes out of their way to make sure that it’s as difficult as possible to find out when their movies are playing.

It’s odd, were I running a theatre I’d welcome the free advertising. As a theatre goes, I still use the same resources to find movies in my area that I did previously, if I’m looking for a specific movie and Famous Players doesn’t show up on the list then it’s not really a big deal, I just see the movie elsewhere.

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