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There are a significant number of missing steps, in terms of moral justifiability, between "scraping information from the web for academic research purposes" an
by wzdd 6y ago
There are a significant number of missing steps, in terms of moral justifiability, between "scraping information from the web for academic research purposes" and "using the scraped information to add value to our primary generator of advertisement-derived revenue".
- Nasrudith 6y agoWhat is there that needs justification for what the proverbial eyes can plainly see? That aside what is the moral license to academic research and what gives the right to gatekeep what everyone can see if they took an uncommon action? Both are in fact doing so to make a living indirectly for their institutions by using what was already out there and rely upon arcane means to derive income from the data through layers of separation.