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> It can be a legal thing and hold up in court in some countries. Which countries? (I'm genuinely curious) > Is respecting a "no trespassing" sign also just c
by throwup238 2y ago
> It can be a legal thing and hold up in court in some countries.
Which countries? (I'm genuinely curious)
> Is respecting a "no trespassing" sign also just courtesy?
In countries with right to roam, the answer is often yes. In states like California with right to access waterways, many "no trespassing" signs are unenforceable too if they block access to rivers or beaches.
- Ukv 2y ago> Which countries? (I'm genuinely curious) The EU's AI act points to the DSM directive's text and data mining exemption, allowing for commercial data mining so long as machine-readable opt-outs are respected - robots.txt is typically taken as the established standard for this. It has generally been respected as far as I'm aware (though, this article asserts otherwise). In the US, respecting robots.txt/<NoAI>/... could potentially be a fallback if the Fair Use defense falls through, by implied license like for website caching in Field v. Google Inc ("Google reasonably interpreted absence of meta-tags as permission to present 'Cached' links to the pages of Field's site").