Sure, HN is not instagram, but user content is user content. And user content is subjected to copyright laws. The mere fact the API exist doesn't necessarily m

Sure, HN is not instagram, but user content is user content. And user content is subjected to copyright laws. The mere fact the API exist doesn't necessarily mean it's legal or that it respect copyright laws. It just means nobody legally tested it yet. My suspicion is that a licence granted to entity only extends to that entity, even if that entity provides content via html or json.