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Re:Congrats! Web scraping is legal! (US precedent) by RockIslandLine on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @12:16PM (#22183053)
"Now, doesn't that make it legal for a group of people to keep secrets about you?"

A group of people sure, but corporations are not people.

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Re:Congrats! Web scraping is legal! (US precedent) by whatshisface on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @02:28PM (#22184791)
Corporations are groups of people.
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Re:Congrats! Web scraping is legal! (US precedent) by RockIslandLine on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @02:31PM (#22184827)
Corporations are a power of attorney document. They are golems that sometimes act on behalf of people. They are not people.
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