Can you scrape Yelp reviews?

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sandhu40

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I've got a review directory site.

Can I rewrite and publish every review that I can source from similar niche directories online? Would it be a problem if they were used word for word and author names also copied?

Thanks in advance everyone.

 

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sandhu40

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Anyone?

 

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dinkish

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Duplicate content would be less than ideal for obvious reasons. Providing reference links to an authoritative site that it was quoted from might aid in that project though.

 

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theseodude

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no, that stuff is copyrighted and you cant just copy it to your website. I am not sure if saying "this review is courtesy of yelp" would make it ok.

 

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igniteimages

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Copyright belongs to the original reviewer, although Yelp have the right to use it in any way they want.

Not sure if they add their own 'reviews' in a bit like data list brokers who add in false details to prevent people re-using lists.

A reviewer could certainly have a right of action against you for breach of copyright.

 

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dinkish

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I would doubt it either. I'd suspect you'd need explicit authorization in advance, and it wouldn't benefit them, so that wouldn't happen.