Re:Books in .txt format for AI training purposes
by minimaxir on Sunday October 25, 2020 @03:26PM
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Another related aspect of this is the hiQ vs. LinkedIn decision, which many interpreted as now setting precedent for allowing scraping of public information.
It's not that simple unfortunately, and companies could still send a C&D/threaten invoking the CFAA, and it would still be a mess. Although in practice it's not worth the effort for companies to sue as long as the scraper is not monetarily benefiting from it (which is how the court case happened).
It's not that simple unfortunately, and companies could still send a C&D/threaten invoking the CFAA, and it would still be a mess. Although in practice it's not worth the effort for companies to sue as long as the scraper is not monetarily benefiting from it (which is how the court case happened).