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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Jan. 23, 2008

Suctioning Data

Focus Column - By Ilana S. Rubel - Internet aggregators who take information from other sites without authorization likely will have to answer to the courts.

FOCUS COLUMN

By Ilana S. Rubel
This article appears on Page 7.

      "Internet aggregation" is big business. Whether searching for airplane tickets, hotels, cars, news or goods, millions of consumers turn to Web sites that feature information collected from other Web sites. One poll conducted by Bizrate.com concluded that 47 percent of online shoppers start at shopping aggregator sites.
      Alth...

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