<div>Putting something on the web does not automatically make it public domain. </div>
<div>If all you want is basic data (not quotes), check out </div>
<div><a href="http://www.theocc.com/onn/issues/search_issues.jsp">http://www.theocc.com/onn/issues/search_issues.jsp</a></div>
<div>it isn't intuitive for scrapping, but can be done, e.g.</div>
<div><a href="http://www.theocc.com/cgi-bin/series_search.pl?search=MSQ&type=O">http://www.theocc.com/cgi-bin/series_search.pl?search=MSQ&type=O</a></div>
<div>I don't know how much they charge for signing up to get the data via an SFTP account. There is a link on the first page for that.<br></div>
<div>-imran<br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 10:40 PM, Jay Strauss <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:me@heyjay.com">me@heyjay.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>Hi,</div>
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<div>I want to download equity option data (like price, strike, expiration...)</div>
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<div>On the CBOE's web page for delayed quotes they have the following disclaimer:</div>
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<div><font size="1">"PLEASE NOTE: IT IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED TO DOWNLOAD DELAYED QUOTE TABLE DATA FROM THIS WEB SITE BY USING AUTO-EXTRACTION PROGRAMS/QUERIES AND/OR SOFTWARE. CBOE WILL BLOCK IP ADDRESSES OF ALL PARTIES WHO ATTEMPT TO DO SO. THIS DATA IS PROPERTY OF THOMSON FINANCIAL/ILX. DOWNLOADING THIS DATA IN ANY OTHER WAY THAN BY MANUAL TICKER SYMBOL ENTRY IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED"</font></div>
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<div>Once they put it on the web isn't the data public domain? Isn't this really just scare language?</div>
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<div>Thanks</div>
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