Re:9th Circuit holds that scraping a public website does not...
by buro9 on Monday September 09, 2019 @04:34PM
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Re:9th Circuit holds that scraping a public website does not...
by thomasjudge on Monday September 09, 2019 @05:32PM
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In the opinion they specifically discuss DOS attacks: "Internet companies and the public do have a substantial
interest in thwarting denial-of-service attacks and blocking
abusive users, identity thieves, and other ill-intentioned
actors. But we do not view the district court’s injunction as
opening the door to such malicious activity"
Re:9th Circuit holds that scraping a public website does not...
by blacksmith_tb on Monday September 09, 2019 @04:52PM
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Hmm, not a lawyer, but I think if you commit one crime in the process of doing something else that's legal, you're still guilty. But LinkedIn couldn't block your spider if it came back and throttled at a reasonable rate.