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Re:9th Circuit holds that scraping a public website does not... by rocqua on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @01:49AM (#20925372)
So, if you want to block someone from your service, you need to be able to prove that it is for a legitimate business purpose.

Moreover it seems, 'this harms a competitor of ours' is not considered a legitimate business purpose, but anti-competitive behavior.

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