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It should be ok as long as you do it logged out. SerpAPI is a convenient wrapper API for scraping various sites. I assume they've vetted all the legality of th

• notpushkin 2y ago
  > I assume they've vetted all the legality of things. They claim they did: https://serpapi.com/blog/scraping-public-pages-legality/ https://serpapi.com/blog/scraping-public-pages-legality/ Still they have a boilerplate ToS with some glaring mistakes: > These Terms of Service and any separate agreements whereby we provide you Services shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of 5540 N Lamar Blvd #12, Austin, TX, 78756, United States. (sic)
• TheDong 2y ago
  It's not quite so clear-cut. We even have a historical precedent here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craigslist_Inc._v._3Taps_Inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craigslist_Inc._v._3Taps_Inc. In that case, the court found 3Taps was criminally guilty for scraping publicly available craigslist data while logged out because 3Taps knew their use was not authorized. This person has just received an email from Yelp telling them their free usage is not authorized, so circumventing that may well be illegal, now that they've been given that sort of communication, even if it might be questionably legal for other serpapi users.
  • doh 2y ago
    The courts are altering their views on scrapping. This [0] is a good paper that explored the last 20 years of rulings (although it hasn't been updated with the most recent cases). [0] https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3221625 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3221625