Hello.
I would like to know what is involved in getting permission to use Google web search from an automated process.
In this particular case, the suggested use is to match newly entered articles of the English Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.com) by searching selected excerpts from user-entered contents in order to locate possible or probable copyright violations.
The process could peak to up to 36 requests per minute (although current rate of article creation on Wikipedia would cause an average of 6 requests per minute).
You can find details of my current proposal at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:CorenGoogleBot, where further technical details are available.
Note that the use of the Google brand in the bot name was done in good faith, but without permission. I have just recently been made aware of the legal problem this poses, and I will obviously change it if needed.
I remain, of course, available should any questions arise (technical or otherwise) while you consider my request.
-- Marc A. Pelletier
First response edit
Hi Marc,
Thank you for your note. Information regarding the use of Google products through automated means is available in our Terms of Service, which can be found at http://www.google.com/accounts/TOS?loc=us&hl=en.
We appreciate your taking the time to write to us and advise you to review our Terms of Service.
Regards, The Google Team
Sigh. An obvious boilerplate non-response of amazing unhelpfulness. I shall keep looking for the right person to send this to. -- Coren (talk) 16:31, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
Revised request edit
The request has been revised since I changed the name of the bot to forestall any possible problems about trademark misuse.
Hello.
I would like to know what is involved in getting permission to use Google web search from an automated process.
In this particular case, the suggested use is to match newly entered articles of the English Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.com) by searching selected excerpts from user-entered contents in order to locate possible or probable copyright violations.
The process could peak to up to 36 requests per minute (although current rate of article creation on Wikipedia would cause an average of 6 requests per minute).
You can find details of my current proposal at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:CorenSearchBot, where further technical details are available.
I remain, of course, available should any questions arise (technical or otherwise) while you consider my request.
-- Marc A. Pelletier