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I am not a laywer, and this is not legal advice. There was a high-profile case, brought by LinkedIn, and it was ruled against them, setting precedent, at least
by forgotmypw17 6y ago
I am not a laywer, and this is not legal advice.
There was a high-profile case, brought by LinkedIn, and it was ruled against them, setting precedent, at least in the U.S., that scraping is allowed.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/09/victory-ruling-hiq-v-linkedin-protects-scraping-public-data https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/09/victory-ruling-hiq-v-l...
- greenyoda 6y agoWhile it may not be illegal to scrape a web site, it's also not illegal for that site to detect that you're scraping them and limit your ability to do so (for example, by blocking your IP address). So I wouldn't recommend building a business on such a shaky foundation. Also, republishing copyrighted content is illegal, so it's important to be careful about what is scraped and republished. While facts themselves may not be copyrightable, a presentation of them in a particular form may be.