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As is usually the case, what they decided was something much narrower than the general case. LinkedIn still can and does make efforts to prevent/restrict automa
by gdulli 4y ago
As is usually the case, what they decided was something much narrower than the general case. LinkedIn still can and does make efforts to prevent/restrict automated browsing at scale. What they can't do is selectively block traffic from the plaintiff company altogether, when the content is otherwise publicly available.
- zamnos 4y ago> In a November 2022 ruling the Ninth Circuit ruled that hiQ had breached LinkedIn's User Agreement and a settlement agreement was reached between the two parties. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HiQ_Labs_v._LinkedIn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HiQ_Labs_v._LinkedIn
- iudqnolq 4y agoIt's closer to the exact opposite: You can try and scrape LinkedIn. But if they try and stop you you can't try to get around the block. Sort of, generally, except it's a lot more complicated