Re:Ask PG: How would you have started Reddit/HN without your...
by Hisoka on Tuesday June 07, 2011 @04:44PM
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Content scraping happens all the time, and the benefits outweigh the risks (worst that happens is a cease and desist). If the alternative is investing lots of time creating fake users and fake discussions, I rather scrape and use that precious time for marketing. The content you're scraping technically isn't copyrighted by the website - it's user generated content.
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