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Ethical web scraping? Is that even a thing?

• RhodesianHunter 7y ago
  How do you think Google provides search results?
  • sys_64738 7y ago
    You’re claiming google is ethical? Bit of a stretch.
    • mirimir 7y ago
      Maybe not. But re scraping and indexing, there's a quid pro quo.
• kordlessagain 7y ago
  No, it's not and discussing it like it is a thing is irrational. Ethics are based on morals and morals are based on determining a "right" course of action for a given act. Just because something is legal, by absence of law, doesn't mean it's right or fair for all cases. Just because something is illegal (copyright) doesn't mean it's not right or fair for all cases. What if the information saved a million lives? Would it still be ethical to claim "ownership" of that information? What if the information caused a target audience to visualize that thing over and over again? Is it right to allow that information out into the public at all? g'disable javascript in your browser'
  • matz1 7y ago
    And moral is subjective. There is no one "right" course of action.