The JavaScript is done intentionally so they can "protect their information" from modules like the Perl module I'm speaking of. It doesn't prevent anyone from getting the info, just makes it a little more of an exercise. Of course they're not going to respond to your "petty requests." Because if we use a Perl module or anything else to get the information easier, they don't get web hits, ad revenue, etc.

I don't care how hard they try to obfuscate and hide their data, someone will figure out a way to get it. Hell, I would pay a good sum for a better search interface from them that I could write my own programs to query against.