> ...then I presume they were taking their information from an aggregator - and seems entirely fair that you should "pay the aggregator"
This seems to be what they are doing. From their FAQ:
"Maintaining this data for over 200,000 products is a costly endeavour and asking them to offer this for free would be a huge ask. We appreciate that the data company is absolutely entitled to request compensation for their work."
This seems to be what they are doing. From their FAQ:
"Maintaining this data for over 200,000 products is a costly endeavour and asking them to offer this for free would be a huge ask. We appreciate that the data company is absolutely entitled to request compensation for their work."
In the UK, the aggregator holds the IP on their aggregation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database_right