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Re:Why you should not pirate Google’s geo APIs by res0nat0r on Monday September 09, 2013 @08:31PM (#6357241)
They should expect to get cut off from accessing Googles API at any time if they are not operating within the bounds of whatever Google has deemed appropriate usage.
Re:Why you should not pirate Google’s geo APIs by cinquemb on Monday September 09, 2013 @08:47PM (#6357286)
I agree with that statement, and I mentioned that possible scenario above which ended with that being "touch luck" on the person who decided to access the url in such fashion. But nowhere in those potential interactions (that do happen all the time and not just with google) in the above, magically create some legally binding contract between parties.

Now If it is 'malicious' enough for google to recognize the access, and trace down the source to get the DOJ to throw the book at the person/company, that is a different story that we have seen before…