Re:Ask HN: LinkedIn sent me a cease and desist for my Chrome...
by KieranMac on Monday January 30, 2023 @03:31PM
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A better summary:
Summary judgment was granted on behalf of LinkedIn against hiQ Labs for breach of contract. Summary Judgment was denied against hiQ Labs on its CFAA claims. So the court ruled that hiQ breached LinkedIn's contract.
The parties settled their dispute with hiQ Labs agreeing to court-imposed injunction to never again scrape LinkedIn and by paying LinkedIn $500k.
Despite the headlines, the final resolution of these disputes was a win for LinkedIn, not hiQ.
Re:Ask HN: LinkedIn sent me a cease and desist for my Chrome...
by cvalka on Monday January 30, 2023 @04:11PM
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We definitely need scrapping neutrality. If you allow any third party(including Google) to scrape your public data, you cannot prohibit anyone else doing the same.
Summary judgment was granted on behalf of LinkedIn against hiQ Labs for breach of contract. Summary Judgment was denied against hiQ Labs on its CFAA claims. So the court ruled that hiQ breached LinkedIn's contract.
The parties settled their dispute with hiQ Labs agreeing to court-imposed injunction to never again scrape LinkedIn and by paying LinkedIn $500k.
Despite the headlines, the final resolution of these disputes was a win for LinkedIn, not hiQ.
For the longer version, read the posts above.