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Comment on Google sues web scraper for sucking up search results ‘at an astonishing scale’
LodeMike@lemmy.today 4 weeks agoEvading blocks isnt illegal
Agent641@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Comment on Google sues web scraper for sucking up search results ‘at an astonishing scale’
LodeMike@lemmy.today 4 weeks agoEvading blocks isnt illegal
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ayyy@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
This is completely untrue. The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act uses extremely broad wording. People have been sued for right clicking on a webpage and saying “View Source” before. Aaron Schwartz, co-founder of Reddit, was driven to suicide after a harassment campaign by the FBI and scientific paper publishers, as another example.