Congrats! Web scraping is legal! (US precedent)

Re:Congrats! Web scraping is legal! (US precedent) by TrickyRick on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @09:33AM (#22180877)

Wasn't the point that they were scraping public profiles, i.e. they never signed up and thereby never signed any ToS?

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Re:Congrats! Web scraping is legal! (US precedent) by papln on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @12:26PM (#22183193)

ToS aren't signed. They are terms of service, not license agreements.

ToS merely need to be disclosed, and the site cna decline service if you violate the terms. A license agreement may subject you to penalties for violating the agreement.

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Re:Congrats! Web scraping is legal! (US precedent) by thomasjames on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @01:27PM (#22184077)

Thanks for the clarification.

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Re:Congrats! Web scraping is legal! (US precedent) by foxx-boxx on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @09:40AM (#22180946)

Exactly

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