Making Stamp Want Lists

Hello all a question can I glean info from the subjects I'm interested in and make up lists of the stamps with the information supplied, does anyone mind or would I have to get permission from the postees. I am more than willing to share the lists once done, my main interest is Astronomy. I know the ATA have lists but I am not a member or have a credit card so have to make my own at this stage.

I'm sure there'd be no problem compiling a want list from information available on this site. My only advice would be to make sure you have at least the Scott and Stanley Gibbons numbers for each stamp. It makes searching on places like ebay much easier.

Thank you will do

I see no issues in compiling info from this forum. But if you want to use images the best practice is to ask permission of the original poster.

And making a list is one thing, distributing it is another if it contains catalog numbers. Catalog publishers will sometimes send you a 'cease and desist' letter from a lawyer if they feel what you are doing threatens their source(s) of income.
Don

Thank you Don yes I thought that about the images

What a world we live in

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I recently received an email from the publishers of the Scott catalogues requesting that I remove from my web site all albums containing Scott numbers. I complied without hesitation as I have no wish to get embroiled in a law suit for what for me is a hobby. I was annoyed, but on the other hand one can't really blame them for protecting what they see as their livelihood.

The other catalogue publishers seem to follow a different business model however. Stanley Gibbons does not appear to have any restrictions on the use of their numbering system and judging by the online databases I guess that the same applies to other European publishers such as Yvert and Michel because, unlike Scott, all three of these catalogues are freely referenced.
Clive

Perhaps it depends on the nature of the use. Use by those engaged in the hobby is one thing. Wholesale use of catalogue numbers without agreement/payment by another cataloguing company is another. There was a court case between Yvert and Dallay about access to/use of catalogue numbers a few years ago. Scott really only operates in one pond, in North America. How many people outside North America would use it for any but US stamps? It obviously guards that pond more jealously than others elsewhere.