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

Re:U.S. judge says LinkedIn cannot block startup from public... by ipnon on Monday August 14, 2017 @07:37PM (#15014021)

This case is much more significant than that. The ruling will determine whether or not breaching the terms and agreements of a website constitutes a crime under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). LinkedIn is arguing that since scraping is not defined by the company itself to be a permitted use, a federal felony is being committed by anyone using a script to access its website. The language used in the CFAA is "unauthorized access" and this case will set a legal precedent for the meaning of that term.

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Re:U.S. judge says LinkedIn cannot block startup from public... by qarioz on Monday August 14, 2017 @07:59PM (#15014164)

So some company can sue me if I use `wget somecompany.com` if LinkedIn win?

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Re:U.S. judge says LinkedIn cannot block startup from public... by razwall on Monday August 14, 2017 @10:29PM (#15014859)

We can hope that this case will set a legal precedent, but it may, like the Craigslist case, end in a settlement (or some other disposition) before that point is reached.

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