title: So, you're not allowed to copy data from foursquare's Venue Platform?
body: <p>I was reading the API policy of foursquare Venue Platform.</p>
  
  <p>"You may not use the API to to add new places to your database or alter location details for places in your database."</p>
  
  <p>It raised two questions to me:
  1. How would they know, if one added new places, etc. to his/ her own database?</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>I hear that foursquare (used to) use the google maps api, to retrieve information for locations, so does that mean it is viable to use Google Map's data to create one's own basic database?</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>Any help is appreciated. </p>