Re:Cleaning up bad bots
by avip on Monday September 23, 2019 @05:21PM
(#21053831)
>Isn't scraping 'legal'?
Assuming you're building on the LI<>HiQ case here, the ruling would only be applicable to a subset of cases (public, user-generated content, no authorization...).
Even before the ruling is overturned, we can't say scrapping is legal without applying some qualifying conditions.
Assuming you're building on the LI<>HiQ case here, the ruling would only be applicable to a subset of cases (public, user-generated content, no authorization...).
Even before the ruling is overturned, we can't say scrapping is legal without applying some qualifying conditions.