Both things can be true: the system probably was a disgrace, but also the scraper did, by definition, deny service - so it was a kind of accidental Denial of Se

Both things can be true: the system probably was a disgrace, but also the scraper did, by definition, deny service - so it was a kind of accidental Denial of Service attack. Hopefully, given the intention and so on, in a good legal system this wouldn't be treated the same as a malicious DoS; but also the scraper shouldn't be used, as it denies service to other potential clients.