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Re:Web Scraping for Me, but Not for Thee by Klonoar on Friday August 25, 2023 @08:46PM (#37268830)
> it's interesting that the top comment in the thread believes LinkedIn sued hiQ to stop it from scraping.

At time of writing, I believe that top comment is mine - and I'll be clear that I wasn't saying that I think that's why LinkedIn sued HiQ.

In fact I don't particularly care why they did it, I'm just interested in what precedents the case has set and whether the typical comments thrown around regarding the case have any actual merit.

There's a comment replying to mine that has a better breakdown of it all that I'd trust over my own anyway. ;P

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Re:Web Scraping for Me, but Not for Thee by 1vuio0pswjnm7 on Friday August 25, 2023 @09:41PM (#37269142)
"In fact I don't particularly care why they did it, I'm just interested in what precedents the case has set and whether the typical comments thrown around regarding the case have any merit."

What are the "typical comments thrown around". Perhaps could provide some references.

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Re:Web Scraping for Me, but Not for Thee by Klonoar on Friday August 25, 2023 @09:42PM (#37269149)
I know, I linked to that blog over in my comment chain already. :)
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