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Please review HiQ vs. LinkedIn - it hinged on the fact that HiQ hired crowdsourced workers (“turkers”) to create fake profiles through which to access LinkedIn’
by reaperman 2y ago
Please review HiQ vs. LinkedIn - it hinged on the fact that HiQ hired crowdsourced workers (“turkers”) to create fake profiles through which to access LinkedIn’s platform (who had to agree to the ToS to create these accounts). The court found that hiQ expressly agreed to the user agreement when it created its corporate account on LinkedIn’s platform.
This doesn't apply if you don't ever agree to anything - which is the case if the information is not locked behind account creation.
- Joel_Mckay 2y agoThis gets complex fast, as a click-army is not necessarily violating the EULA. However, if they scraped the content using these account credentials, than it becomes a problem in a commercial context. If I recall, only journalists and academics could argue Fair use at that point. Anyway, I didn't touch the project mostly for copyright and trademark risk concerns. Have a great day =3