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Re: Garbage In, Garbage Out: Why Scraping Doesn't Work for L... by ntoshev on Tuesday July 14, 2009 @10:06AM (#703686)
I don't know if it's legal, but if they obey robots.txt the publisher shouldn't complain.
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Re: Garbage In, Garbage Out: Why Scraping Doesn't Work for L... by coderdude on Wednesday July 15, 2009 @01:52PM (#706190)
After having many of my blog posts ripped off by spam artists, I'm inclined to feel otherwise. Robots.txt isn't an effective weapon in the "war on copyright infringement."
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