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Violating a website's ToS is hardly illegal, though.
by therein 5y ago
Violating a website's ToS is hardly illegal, though.
- xpe 5y ago> Violating a website's ToS is hardly illegal, though. Can you be more specific as to your claim? Not illegal in what sense(s)? And what is your basis for the claim? I'm not a lawyer, but saying "violating a website's ToS is hardly illegal" is fraught advice. While individuals may get some leeway when it comes to ToS violations (see [1] and [2]), I would expect companies scraping and/or extracting content would be treated differently. [1]: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/07/court-violating-terms-service-not-crime-bypassing https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/07/court-violating-terms-... [2]: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/03/court-violating-a-sites-terms-of-service-isnt-criminal-hacking/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/03/court-violating-... [3]: https://www.octoparse.com/blog/10-myths-about-web-scraping https://www.octoparse.com/blog/10-myths-about-web-scraping [4]: https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/almID/1202610687621/?slreturn=20210523014130 https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/almID/1202610687621/?s...
- Kiro 5y agoThe only way for it to be illegal is if they're breaking a law, but then it would be illegal regardless of what the ToS says.