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Originally Posted by PaceAdvantage
There are a lot of small sites out there selling "reports" using data from bris or hdw or whomever...ultimately they are all re-selling data from Equibase in the end, and if you read the Terms of Use on Equibase, all these sites selling "reports" or whatever are really in violation - if they aren't authorized re-sellers, and most if not all of these small timers are NOT authorized re-sellers, then they are at risk.
Eventually, they're gonna get stomped...maybe that's what happened to keypony...a cease and desist order was sent most likely...but that's just speculation on my part...maybe the owner just got tired and decided to stop, but I doubt it.
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The big publishers caved in on a massive copyright/ownership claim to racing data a few decades ago, was in California if I remember right. Too bad the small publisher at that time sold out (for big money, solid case). Always waiting for the next company to get funded and challenge the non-competitive monopoly on race results coming from state licensed and operated horse racing facilities, they are public record (minus the derived speed figures and custom factors, etc, which are in fact possible works produced by the company. The timings, conditions, and the rest all public record)
