The tree example is true and why I agree these things are very similar. The only significant difference is when you put it on your neighbor’s house on purpose.

The tree example is true and why I agree these things are very similar. The only significant difference is when you put it on your neighbor’s house on purpose. I wouldn’t regulate this but If you’re introducing regulations, why not just require the source to deliver the data in a neatly packaged format? The necessity for scraping and the potential for DDOS and potentially nefarious behavior basically goes away.