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Re:The State of Web Scraping 2022 by KieranMac on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @02:07PM (#29911410)
Prof. Eric Goldman's blog is probably the #1 site historically on scraping and the law. I've contributed to it a few times.

https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2021/06/more-perspecti...

The name of my firm is McCarthy Garber Law. I write about scraping there when I have time (which I rarely do)!

Re:The State of Web Scraping 2022 by jasonfarnon on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @10:04PM (#29916311)
I agree that Eric's blog is great for getting updates on what's going on, and I've been following it for years. But he is very one-sided in his opinions about decisions, particularly on controversial issues like section 230. I have to remind myself he's an academic (though at a law school) and I'm not just reading some defense firm's memos.
Re:The State of Web Scraping 2022 by KieranMac on Thursday January 13, 2022 @01:13PM (#29924364)
Eric is brilliant, and he has an encyclopedic knowledge of internet law. He's also an incredibly kind, generous, and open-minded person. That said, I will refrain from any commentary on Section 230, as I have zero expertise on that issue!