Why get rid of critics?

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Why get rid of critics?

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Remember back when various critics were included in the database? Why aren't they any longer? Too much work? It seems like it would be...

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Re: Why get rid of critics?

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On Feb. 11, 2008, mpowell wrote:It pains us to announce the removal of one of Criticker's cooler features - summary critic reviews and scores. The site from which we had been getting this data has decided to start charging us a monthly amount, which by itself is far more than what Criticker earns. That information is their copyright, so we have to either pay up or remove the data -- sadly, the only option available to us is the latter.

Source: The Disappearance of Critic Reviews

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