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I don't trust the US government to write good rights for scrapers. They can't even do computer crime sentences well. At best, it's a burden for no solid gain f

I don't trust the US government to write good rights for scrapers. They can't even do computer crime sentences well. At best, it's a burden for no solid gain for society. At worst, there will be loopholes used to DoS businesses because they can't shut down individuals due to law-given rights, and that will lead to court fights. These rights would do nothing but save scraper authors from learning to obfuscate their actions.

tomc1985 9y ago
Information wants to be free. People should stop fighting it! If one makes information "public" but don't really want to share it, then the public is fully justified in taking it.
- biocomputation 9y ago
  << Information wants to be free. People should stop fighting it! That's why you routinely publish your bank account, social insurance, and credit card details online, right?
  - tomc1985 9y ago
    Not like I have a choice... and how are those things explicitly declared 'public'?