That was because Linkedin added a no-scraping clause to their ToS and also put up a login wall for viewing profiles in the first place. If you scraped from a w

That was because Linkedin added a no-scraping clause to their ToS and also put up a login wall for viewing profiles in the first place. If you scraped from a web page without actually signing up for an account you wouldn't be accepting the terms and would thus be legally in the clear.