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A comment on LinkedIn: It’s illegal to scrape our website without permission. Parent comment

Re:LinkedIn: It’s illegal to scrape our website without perm... by enraged_camel on Monday July 31, 2017 @05:57PM (#14896238)
Laws like that are ridiculous. You can see that by looking at how the reasoning does not expand to certain areas.

For example, if a woman walks down a dark alley wearing short skirts and gets raped, it isn't her fault. I mean can you imagine if we said "well, she was just an attractive nuisance!" The judge would throw the book at you.

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Re:LinkedIn: It’s illegal to scrape our website without perm... by freehunter on Monday July 31, 2017 @06:08PM (#14896318)
They're usually targeted at children who don't know better and don't have the cognitive skills to understand consequences. Usually... but not always.
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