Hello all. We’ve been asked by several of the Netflix Prize teams if they can use the MovieLens datasets in training their algorithms. The answer is yes! We’re happy to encourage algorithmic experimentation using our datasets — and you don’t even have to share any of your winnings with us :). We only ask that you credit the MovieLens datasets on your web site, and in any written descriptions you write of the resulting algorithms.
Compete well!
John
