What law does using a bot to make a purchase against ToS violate?
The LinkedIn case shows that it's not illegal in some cases - would you classify the behavior of the defendant in that case as malicious?
The LinkedIn case shows that it's not illegal in some cases - would you classify the behavior of the defendant in that case as malicious?
It doesn't matter if it's legal, it matters if the website owner doesn't want x doing y on their site. A bot consistently not abiding by owners' intent is inheritly malicious.