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0 pointsJustSomeNobody6y ago0 comments

Why would they have to make it available to startups in an easily accessible manner?

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IMDB was originally crowdsourced, wasn't it?

So, have the data available. But I see no reason why they should have to go out of their way to change their site to make it easy for someone to get it.

bewuethr6y ago

It started as lists and shell scripts to query them in the newsgroup rec.arts.movies.

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nitrogen6y ago

IMDB was originally crowdsourced, wasn't it?

JustSomeNobodyOP6y ago

So, have the data available. But I see no reason why they should have to go out of their way to change their site to make it easy for someone to get it.

bewuethr6y ago

It started as lists and shell scripts to query them in the newsgroup rec.arts.movies.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse