RSS not allowed on commercial sites - but what IS commercial?

Discussion in 'Legal Issues' started by Kerosene, Jan 4, 2006.

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    I have a few sites I'd like to display RSS feeds on - but Yahoo/CNN etc TOS states that their RSS can only be used on personal "non commercial" sites.

    I don't sell anything from my sites (free travel directories), but they all have adsense. Does having adsense on a site make it "commercial".
     
    Kerosene, Jan 4, 2006 IP
  2. aaron_nimocks

    aaron_nimocks Im kind of a big deal Staff

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    I would say no. Commercial to me is selling something on the site. Mainly products/services.
     
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    That's what I was hoping. I'll wait on a general consensus before putting the feeds up though.
     
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    I consider my content sites to be commercial, because they have advertising on them. I'm pretty sure that Yahoo and CNN don't want their feeds on content/news sites. I would write them to be sure, though.

    Then again, I couldn't get into Microsoft's directory because they don't sell anything.
     
    Sharpseo, Jan 4, 2006 IP