> everything a website puts up on the web is essentially free No it's not, at least in the EU as of last month's copyright reform. Meaning aggregator and searc

> everything a website puts up on the web is essentially free No it's not, at least in the EU as of last month's copyright reform. Meaning aggregator and search sites need to pay royalties for syndicating significant portions to publishers. That it's technically possible to scrape content doesn't mean scraping doesn't run afoul of copyright legislation and press norms such as proper attribution. You could also technically "scrape" written books; yet re-publishing your own book copies isn't considered legal.