> My counterpoint: companies shouldn't get to have their cake and eat it too, as in offering public content, but then preventing competitors from using that pub

> My counterpoint: companies shouldn't get to have their cake and eat it too, as in offering public content, but then preventing competitors from using that public content. I agree this case is taking an anti-competitive action and spinning it into a pro-privacy case. However, what's the line? Personally I believe if you apply the rules equally to competitors and non-competitors alike you can restrict programmatic access to public data. Since LinkedIn isn't doing that, HiQ shouldn't be restricted. In any case I think this is a poor use of the CFAA.