This is orthogonal to the purpose of scraping. If I run a search engine which potentially links real human eyes back to you, then should I pay the "ad" toll as

This is orthogonal to the purpose of scraping. If I run a search engine which potentially links real human eyes back to you, then should I pay the "ad" toll as well? I don't believe so. I do believe there is an agreeable middle-ground, but Google walked away from that conversation years ago.