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I'd like to know if Yahoo sells the questions/'answers to other websites or companies?
I found my Yahoo ID along with a question/answer combination posted on another website that had nothing to do with Yahoo. There was no attribution to Yahoo Answers and no indication that the posting/userID/question/answer originated on any other site. From the appearances of the .biz website, I am a member there but I am not. The only place this information appeared was on Yahoo Answers.
Therefore, Yahoo must either be sharing or selling the data from Yahoo Answers or someone is stealing it. I would appreciate some feedback from Yahoo that addresses this issue.
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- ClosedLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
They do not sell them. They allow free access to these Q&A in several ways. One is by RSS link, the other is through the 'developers forum'. You can see what I mean at this link for developers, where they are given instructions on how to 'pick the brain' of Yahoo Answers:
http://developers.yahoo.com/answers
However, technically, attribution is SUPPOSED to be made. Many sites will ignore this requirement. I've alerted the Yahoo legal staff to the issue, but I guess it is not a high priority for them.
