U.S. judge says LinkedIn cannot block startup from public profile data

Re:U.S. judge says LinkedIn cannot block startup from public... by FLUX-YOU on Monday August 14, 2017 @06:41PM (#15013685)

I don't trust the US government to write good rights for scrapers. They can't even do computer crime sentences well.

At best, it's a burden for no solid gain for society. At worst, there will be loopholes used to DoS businesses because they can't shut down individuals due to law-given rights, and that will lead to court fights.

These rights would do nothing but save scraper authors from learning to obfuscate their actions.

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Re:U.S. judge says LinkedIn cannot block startup from public... by tomc1985 on Monday August 14, 2017 @07:02PM (#15013813)

Information wants to be free. People should stop fighting it!

If one makes information "public" but don't really want to share it, then the public is fully justified in taking it.

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Re:U.S. judge says LinkedIn cannot block startup from public... by biocomputation on Monday August 14, 2017 @07:47PM (#15014089)

<< Information wants to be free. People should stop fighting it!

That's why you routinely publish your bank account, social insurance, and credit card details online, right?

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Re:U.S. judge says LinkedIn cannot block startup from public... by tomc1985 on Monday August 14, 2017 @08:08PM (#15014223)

Not like I have a choice... and how are those things explicitly declared 'public'?

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