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Re:Show HN: Goodreads Data Pipeline by spullara on Thursday February 27, 2020 @02:16PM (#22436722)
Facts are not copyrightable and scraping has been determined to be legal. IANAL, but I'm not sure law would protect them from the factual metadata about books being repurposed.
Re:Show HN: Goodreads Data Pipeline by jjeaff on Thursday February 27, 2020 @02:37PM (#22436916)
Not being illegal wouldn't protect you from a crushing lawsuit though. Especially since the details likely vary (linked in data was publicly accessible, not sure if Goodreads requires a login).